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, 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, 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 and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; memory defect; euphoria; epilepsy; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, newspaper cutting and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 36 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; astrocytoma; vomiting; memory disorder; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; memory difficulties; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; aphasia; memory deterioration; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; unsteadiness; deteriorating memory; arteriosclerosis; hemiparesis; confusion; malignant neoplasm; and homonymous hemianopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; glioma; memory defect; and mental deterioration. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; vascular tumour; memory defects; petit mal; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.