Nonsurgical treatment

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial thrombophlebitis; cerebral abscess; subphrenic abscess; and appendicitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; dizziness; headache; and scar neuritis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 50 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; left-sided sciatica; low lumbar backache; and urinary incontinence. Surgical 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 28 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatic pain; back pain; and numbness in leg. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage (spontaneous or traumatic); confusion; dysphasia; and vomiting. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pelvic malignancy from carcinoma uterus; dysuria; and intractable pain in hip. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: sacral myeloma; numbness in left foot; constipation; and retention of urine. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage; hypertension; left-sided hemiplegia; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, newspaper clippings, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: fracture dislocation of vertebrae with complete cord lesion; femur fracture; collapse of the right lung; and coma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: exophthalmos (not yet diagnosed); diplopia; and coronary thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.