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Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma of the pons; 6th nerve palsy; dysdiadochokinesia; and terminal haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: oligo-astrocytoma; astro-oligodenro-glioma; extra-dural haematoma; epileptic attacks; hemiparesis; and 6th cranial nerve paralysis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.