University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: cyst in left cerebellar hemisphere; astrocytoma; neoplasm; hemiplegia; headaches; dizziness; hypertonus; nystagmus; hearing loss; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; brainstem compression; astrocytoma; hemiplegia; cerebral tumour; comatose; headache; papilloedema; hypertension; and arteriosclerosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, photographs, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hemiplegia; hemiparesis; astrocytoma; subdural frontal abscess; and oligodendroglioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malginant astrocytoma; hemiplegia; papilloedema; apahsia; and personality change. No treatment given. Patient discharged.