Surgical Procedures, Operative

Correspondence, charts, typed case summary and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; right-sided lower lumbar backache; pain in leg; and right-sided sciatica. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, black-and-white photographs, newspaper clippings, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: head injury (severe basal injury); unconsciousness; pleural effusion; and left-sided surgical emphysema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, colour photographs, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: right frontal astrocytoma; right frontal headache; vomiting; and confusion. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, X-ray films, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: saccular aneurysm (left anterior cerebral); vomiting; severe frontal headache; and neck stiffness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Charts, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 3 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fracture of skull; and scalp lacerations. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, autopsy report and black-and-white photograph relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; tense fontanelle (anterior); and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and autopsy report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: ruptured aneurysm (left carotid/posterior communicating); subarachnoid haemorrhage; occipital headache and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, correspondence and autopsy report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage from small congenital aneurysm; numbness in right leg; and dysphasia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, correspondence and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma uterus; intractable pain in leg and foot; and hypoaesthesia in legs. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, correspondence and reports relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Great Britain) aged 61 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism (left); tremor; and rigidity left hand. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.