University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, report, autopsy report, notes, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: secondary bronchial carcinoma; confusion; drowsiness; incontinence; papilloedema; ptosis; facial weakness; fits; hydrocephalus; bronchopneumonia; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, photographs and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; drowsiness; papilloedema; intellectual deterioration; hemiparesis; bronchial carcinoma; bronchopnuemonia; cerebral tumour; renal ademomata; secondary glioblastoma; and hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: secondary carcinoma of spine; bronchopneumonia; paraplegia; spinal cord compression; oedema; and bronchogenic carcinoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Case summaries, notes, chart, X-rays, reports and correspondence relating to male running foreman (British Railways) from south west Edinburgh aged 63 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include:...

Scope and Contents Case summaries, charts, contact sheets, reports and correspondence relating to male storeman from south Edinburgh aged 21 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: bronchial carcinoma, cough and bronchopneumonia....

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: increase intracranial pressure; headache; bilateral papilloedema; right abducens palsy; paresis; hypoglossal palsy; fulminating bronchopneumonia; chordoma; blurred vision; blindness; ptosis; obesity; haemorrhage; vomiting; venous sinus thrombosis; arterial hypertension; and carcinoma of the rectum....

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: pain in right hip; micturition pain; osteogenic carcinoma; uraemia; secondary hydronephrosis; and broncho-pneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary and autopsy report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 64 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma of bladder; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; cyanotic attack; carcinoma; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, charts, correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: prostate carcinoma; metastases; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.