Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; and 6th nerve palsy. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; cerebrospinal fluid leakage; and head injury. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, notes, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; cerebral thrombosis; and viral encephalitis. Nonsurgical treatment and surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 73 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal neuralgia; and vomiting. Nonsurgical treatment and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, autopsy reports, charts and x-ray films relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; medulloblastoma; and haemorrhage. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: linear skull fracture; epilepsy; and head injury. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: Tic Douloureux; facial pain; and spasms. Nonsurgical treatment and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: spinal epidural abscess; myelitis; and back pain. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous osteomyelitis; paraparesis; and cord compression. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, autopsy reports and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; subdural haematoma; and depressed skull fracture. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.