Aneurysm

Scope and Contents Black and white line drawing, showing the cross-section of a brain undergoing a procedure to treat an aneurysm. The drawing includes the instruments used, and has a patient name written in pencil in the top left corner.

Scope and Contents Drawings and notes relating to a named patient's basilar aneurysm. Contains: 7 small line drawings printed on photographic paper, 3 larger line drawings drawn on card, and one hand-drawn sketch with hand-written notes. The file also contains fragments from the envelope that orignally held the material.

Scope and Contents Introduction to address on 'Acute spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage', given by Norman Dott and F.J. Gillingham to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, dated May 1962.

Scope and Contents Operations of choice for cerebral aneurysms depending on their location in the cerebral circulation. The following procedures are depicted; 1) two possible points of ligation below the level of the intracranial bifurcation (aka below the level at which the internal carotid artery bifurcates into the middle cerebral artery and the anterior cerebral artery, 2) possible ligations at various points above the level of intracranial bifurcation, and 3) three possible ligation points for the treatment...

Scope and Contents lateral view of head showing the right eye and its blood vessels. Detailed drawing of right internal carotid artery (ICA) branching from the common carotid artery and continuing up into the cavernous sinus (CS), where it gives off the ophthalmic artery (which supplies the eye with blood). A direct (Type A) caroticocavernous fistula is shown; an abnormal direct communication between the intracavernous ICA and the cavernous sinus, resulting in shunting from the ICA to the CS. Enlarged draining...

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 44 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal neuralgia; aneurysm; paresis; and cholecystitis. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, reports, drawings, photographs, charts nurses' report books and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 16 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; vomiting; hydrocephalus; paresis; medullo-blastoma cerebelli; thrombocytopoenic purpura; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, reports, charts, photographs, notes, x-ray films and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outisde Edinburgh and the Lothians), aged 36 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arterialised angioma; headache; anuerysm; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, drawing and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; headache; hemiparesis; subarachnoid haemorrhage; and aneurysm. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: blurred vision; glioma; disseminated sclerosis; and aneurysm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.