University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, chart, note, photograph, correspondence and autopsy report relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hand tremor; olfactory aura; facial paresis; glioblastoma multiforme; glioblastoma; anosmia; homonomous hemianopia; defective memory; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; glioblastoma; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; meningitis; hydrocephalus; headache; cyst; astrocytoma; and glioblastoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, correspondence, photograph, and chart relating to male stoker from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 41 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: delirium; hemiparesis; papilloedema; homonymouns hemianopia; astereognosis; astrocytoma; limb-kinetic apraxia; incontinence; brain tumour; glioblastoma multiforme; and brainstem haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; memory lapses; dysphasia; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; failure of vision; unsteadiness; and astrocytoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; dizziness; epilepsy; diplopia; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, drawings, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; glioblastoma; diplopia; nausea; and vertigo. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.