University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, photographs, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 12 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: squint; vomiting; pinealoma; hydrocephalus; angioma; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, drawings, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 6 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; squint; astrocytoma; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admissions.

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: staggering; failure of vision; squint; headache; hydrocephalus; cyst; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; squint; hydrocephalus; astrocytoma; meningitis; ventriculitis; and pseudo-hypertrophy. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, black and white photographs, notes and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland)aged 2 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: retracted head; sickness; unsteadiness of gait; squint; ataxia; intracranial pressure; hydrocephalus; opisthotonic cerebellar attacks; astrocytoma; and hypertonia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, report, drawing and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; unsteadiness; fits; and squint. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.