Nonsurgical treatment

Typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 64 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: spontaneous intracranial haematoma; hypertension; unconsciousness; and pneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 73 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; acute subdural haematoma; vomiting blood; and drowsiness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; extradural haematoma; unconsciousness; and skull fracture. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; left hip pain; paraesthesiae in foot and toe; and left sciatica. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes, charts, reports, typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: abscess (right temporal); right-sided otitis media; meningitis; and vomiting. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes, charts, reports, typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; depressed skull fracture; and scalp lacerations. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; severe backache; left-sided sciatica; and mild neck pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage (not yet diagnosed); suboccipital headache; right hemiparesis; and unconsciousness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: ?prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; left sciatica; and paraesthesiae in back. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: aneurysm (posterior communicating/right internal carotid); unconsciousness; neck rigidity; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.