University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, notes, charts, photographs, x-ray film and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: fatigue; scoliosis; neck pain; paresis; spinal cord compression ; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 13 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; fatigue; neck pain; failure of vision; diplopia; hydorcephalus; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died on second admission.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: tiredness; vomiting; headache; facial weakness; dizziness; cyst; astrocytoma; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts, autopsy report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; fatigue; hydrocephalus; cyst; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, autopsy report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 47 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: numbness in arm; epilepsy; unconsciousness; headaches; vomiting; drowsy; astrocytoma; glioma; and glioblastoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, drawings and black and white photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 31 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: tiredness; weight loss; nausea; giddiness; headache; vomiting; constipated; diplopia; unsteadiness; intracranial pressure; glioblastoma; mitoses; astrocytoma; malignant metaplasia; and secondary pneumonia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; vomiting; fainting; fatigue; memory disorder; and intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; fits; unsteadiness; and fatigue. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 30 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; papilloedema; drowsiness; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; fatigue; and vomiting. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.