Skull Fractures

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound of head; compound fracture of skull; right hemiparesis; and hemi-hypoaesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male signalman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury with linear fracture of left parieto-frontal region; left facial paralysis; vertigo; and headaches. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and chart relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: compound fracture of skull; herniation of brain; cerebral abscess ; and paralysis of left arm. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and drawing relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: injuries from revolving airscrew; traumatic amputation of left forearm; compound depressed fracture of skull; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury with subsequent left-sided carotid cavernous fistula; fractured skull; diplopia; and wound infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male airman aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; post-traumatic headache; unconsciousness; and linear fracture of right temporal region. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: bullet wound in right calf; compound depressed fracture of skull (right parietal region); post-concussional syndrome; and chronic meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to skull; skull fracture; post-concussional headache; and paraesthesiae. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe contusional cerebral injury with skull fracture; epileptic attacks; and extradural and subdural haemorrhages. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe concussional head injury; fractured skull; contusional injury of left wrist; and anosmia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.