University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 45 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; aphasia; unconsciousness; frontal headaches; failure of memory; hemiparesis; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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 and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: headache; unconsciousness; failure of vision; astrocytoma; and euphoria. 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, 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, report, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; astrocytoma; mental changes; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; fits; unsteadiness; and fatigue. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

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 and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; headaches; pain; vomiting; personality change; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: fits; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; intracranial pressure; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.