University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary and report relating to male second class aircraftman fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 28 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; paresis of right upper extremity; slight dysdiadochokinesis; deviation in gait; facial weakness; brain injury; and dysphasic troubles. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and autopsy report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: lumbago; numbness in arm and leg; head pain; difficulty talking; difficulty writing; inability to read; vomiting; drowsiness; dizzy turns; staggering; and weight loss. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 70 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: hand tremor; slowness in writing; loss of balance; parkinsonism; and arterial hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 29 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: gait unsteadiness; difficulty swallowing; hypotonia; difficulty with speech; paresis of face; and strabismus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; personality change; fatigue; staggering; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 35 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: unsteady; difficulty writing; loss of power in legs; difficulty swallowing; difficulty speaking; and spinal atrophic paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: giddiness; nausea; unsteadiness; leg weakness; speech slow and slurred; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; aphasia; headache; vomiting; unsteadiness; and cyst. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: tumour; headache; staggering; dysphasia; papilloedema; glioma; and carcinoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Chart, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: psychosis; hysteria; anorexia nervosa; euphoria; unsteadiness; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.