University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

"Slightly mental. Has had a cerebral thrombosis but was queer before. Old head injury? has been in a Mental Hospital. Probably on a pension from the Great War because of his head injury. Used to labour, now retired. Single, has a housekeeper. Keen to go back to work."

Typed case summary, charts, drawings and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headaches; tinnitus; giddy feeling; nausea; anorexia; staggering gait; sweating; fatigued; in ability to concentrate; poor memory; bradyarthria; slurring of speech; post concussional syndrome; and parkinsonism. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient aged 13 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; mental deficiency; and amentia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; vomiting; infantile amentia; and perforated eardrum. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; aphasia; hemiparesis; and mild dementia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes, charts, reports and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; mental deterioration; cerebral atrophy; cerebrovascular disease; and dementia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; confusion; atheroma; fractured skull; mental deterioration; and Jacob Kreuzfeld's disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: eye injury; head injury; dementia; and cerebral contusions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; dementia; mutism; and irritability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.