Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, autopsy report, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; memory loss; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; head injury; haematoma; intracranial pressure; epilepsy; and wound infection. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and x-ray films relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar tuberculoma; hydrocephalus; and intracranial tension. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; subdural clot; and haemorrhage. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, correspondence and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; numbness; and thrombophlebitis. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, charts and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: compound depressed facture of skull; head injury; and headache. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: dorso-lumbar meningocele; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; and scoloiosis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correpondence, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: temporal lobe abscess; chronic otitis media; and increased intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; papillodedma; intracranial tension; cerebral venous thrombosis; and post-traumatic cephalgia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal neuralgia; facial pain; and Horner's syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.