University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: left temporal meningioma; seizures; unconsiousness; weakness; dysphasia; gait disorder; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, charts, reports, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; limb spasticity; basal ganglia tumour; headache; vomiting; papilloedema; drowsiness; confusion; hemiparesis; incontinence; dysphasia; Addison's disease; secondary tumours in brain and adrenal glands; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment...

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Typed case summary, reports, charts, photographs, autopsy report, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; headache; ataxia; aphasia; intracranial tumour; hemiparesis; papilloedema; affective disorder; meningitis; bronchopneumonia; spastic gait; and post-irradiation endartertitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma; intracranial pressure; papilloedema; dysphasia; confusion; cerebral tumour; hemiparesis; sixth nerve palsy; hemianopia; and bronchopneumonia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, handwritten notes, drawings, charts, reports, autopsy report and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: seizure; dysphasia; meningismus; saccular aneurysm; subarachnoid haemorrhage; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; brainstem haemorrhages; bronchopneumonia; epilepsy; aphasia; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Correspondence, autopsy reports, reports and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 50 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma (left parietal); bronchopneumonia; dysphasia; and right homonymous hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.