University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; loss of consciousness; poor vision; noise in ear; fits; apathetic; papilloedema; quadrantic homonymous hemianopia; and astrocytoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; dizziness; deafness; tinnitus; vomiting; intracranial pressure; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; tinnitus; dysphasia; personality change; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, report, drawing and correspondence relating to female from outside Great Britain aged 17 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: tinnitus; astrocytoma; diplopia; nausea; nystagmus;and cellulitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report, autopsy report, charts and photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: right temporal astrocytoma; tremor; unconsciousness; seizures; gait disorder; dizziness; headache; and tinnitus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem reports and photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; confusion; fainting attacks; epilepsy; seizures; amnesia; headaches; vision disorder; tinnitus; vertigo; and haematuria. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; papilloedema; confusion; Meniere's disease; unsteadiness; and tinnitus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, postmortem report, charts and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: chronic cerebral abscess; astrocytoma; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; headache; tinnitus; nausea; amnesia; speech disorder; papilloedema; and head injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.