University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Correspondence and handwritten notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: infiltrating astrocytoma; headache; vomiting; bilateral papilloedema; hemiparesis; hemianesthesia; and hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence, report, charts, black-and-white photographs, autopsy and neuropathology reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; headache; hemianopia; hemianaesthesia; mental deterioration; malignant astrocytoma; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.