Surgical Procedures, Operative

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of breast; spinal metastasis; thoracic pain; and early paraparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; compound skull fracture (right frontal bone); lacerations; and drowsiness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, X-ray films, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial aneurysm; coma; left third nerve palsy; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, colour photographs, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma (left frontal parasagittal); swelling in head; and skull defect. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; headache; papilloedema; and right hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; skull fracture; subdural haematoma; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, X-ray films, black-and-white photographs, autopsy report, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; bilateral papilloedema; vomiting; and chronic meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Correspondence, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 77 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma (frontal bilateral); bilateral papilloedema; deterioration of vision in right eye; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; headache; dysphasia; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Autopsy report, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: dynamic head injury; skull fracture; and brain injury; and subgaleal haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.