Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spinal neurinoma; lumbago; left-sided sciatica; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, notes, black-and-white photograph, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; malignant astrocytoma 9right parietal); left hemiparesis; and left hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, colour photographs, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: nasal meningocoele; and left anosmia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, X-ray films, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; femur fracture; tremor; and speech difficulty. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, X-ray films, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 64 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial aneurysm (anterior communicating middle cerebral artery); severe headache; nausea; and subarachnoid haemorrhages. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, X-ray films, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; claudication of legs; and left-sided sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, black-and-white photograph, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: aqueduct stenosis; cerebral tumour (glioma); frontal headache; and diplopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: chronic subdural haematoma (right); right-sided headache; drowsiness; and nausea. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; post-traumatic psychosis; unconsciousness; and right-sided paraparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; tremor in left limbs; attacks of intermittent claudication; and dysarthria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.