Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; and jaundice. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: extradural haemorrhage; headache; head injury; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; right-sided sciatica; and low backache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: metastatic thyroid carcinoma (right parietal/dorsal spine); convulsions; bilateral papilloedema; and left homonymous hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma tongue; facial pain; syphilitic leukoplakia; and dysarthria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: Hodgkin's disease (spinal D6); weakness in legs; and hypoalgesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar astrocytoma; intermittent headaches; vomiting; and bilateral papilledema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 71 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; bitemporal hemianopia; bilateral optic atrophy, and anemia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, autopsy reports, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: malignant right temporal glioma; left-sided headache; epilepsy; and left hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: Parkinson's disease (probably post-encephalitic); tremor left side; slurred speech; and deteriorating vision. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.