Skull Fractures

Autopsy report and reports relating to male patient aged 54 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: fractured skull; subdural bleeding; cerebral contusion; multiple fractures of ribs; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; unconsciousness; and skull fracture. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; confusion; atheroma; fractured skull; mental deterioration; and Jacob Kreuzfeld's disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; skull fracture; extradural haematoma; hemiparesis; unconsciousness; memory defect; and hemi-spasticity. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and chart relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: minor head injury; sj=kull fracture; headache; nystagmus; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and note relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; extradural haematoma; facial weakness; fractured skull; head injury; anoxia; brainstem ischaemia; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; skull fracture; confusion; c.s.f. fistula; otorrhea; and personality change. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; drowsiness; diplopia; skull fracture; extradural clot; wound infection; epilepsy; and intracerebral haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; subdural haematoma; skull fracture; comatose; contusional brain injury; midbrain ischaemia; and infarction of brainstem. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: abrasions to forehead and face; and fractured frontal bone. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.