University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: dazed condition; unable to speak; unconscious; fits; very thirsty; poor memory; numbness in right arm; pain in back and abdomen; cyanosis; dysphasic disturbances; aphasia; sarcoma; and metastasis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 41 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; nausea; vomiting; unconsciousness; back pain; epilepsy; paresis; aphasia; meningioma; and apraxia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 45 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; confusion; dysphasia; meningismus; lumbago; ringing in ear; headache; vomiting; paresis; and tumour. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and autopsy report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: lumbago; numbness in arm and leg; head pain; difficulty talking; difficulty writing; inability to read; vomiting; drowsiness; dizzy turns; staggering; and weight loss. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 27 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: difficulty speaking; pain in back; tiredness; headache; paresis; myopia; poor vision; cerebral vascular disease; and arterial thrombosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, x-ray films, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dysphasia; cerebral thrombosis; hemi-paresis; cerebral aneurysm; cerebral arteriosclerosis; Parkinsonian tremor; paranoia; back pain; confusion; intracerebral haemorrhage; and rodent ulcer. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: mental deterioration; head injury; sore back; dysphasia; memory loss; hypertensive retinopathy; and cortical cerebral atrophy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: backache; progressive muscular atrophy; posterior crural pain; osteoarthritic changes; dysarthria; ankle and toe weakness; and dysphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; cerebrovascular spasm; dysphasia; thrombosis; depressive psychosis; and paresis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, notes, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: aneurysm (left posterior communicating and left internal carotid supraclinoid); headache; dysphasia; and back pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.