University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, notes, charts, drawings and photographs relating to male petty officer from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: head wound; papillodema; diplopia; homonymous hemionopia; epilepsy; headache; cerebral abscess; thigh wound; dizziness; and hallucinations. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 72 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: thrombosis of left posterior cerebral artery; aphasia; homonymous hemianopia; and giddy attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 45 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; paraesthesia; intracranial pressure; tumour; and heminaopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence, typed case summary, autopsy report, charts, black and white photographs and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 43 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; dizziness; eye sight failing; pituitary adenoma; and hemianopia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; bilateral pailloedema; subdural haematoma; and left homonymous hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports, notes, correspondence, charts, autopsy report and photographs relating to male lieutenant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: giddiness; headache; vomiting; aphasia; diplopia; homonymous hemianopia; confusion; primary malignant brain tumour; and glioblastoma multiforme. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male signalman from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: saccular aneurysm of left internal cartoid artery; dysphasic troubles; headache; diplopia; dizziness; facial weakness; hemiparesis; hypoaesthesia; homonymous heminaopia; and oculo-motor paresis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; nausea; hemianopia; and retrobulbar neuritis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, charts , autopsy reports and black and white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: double vision; giddiness; headache; stiff neck; vomiting; sleep disturbances; squint in eye; ependymona; loss of conscienceness; fits; glandular mass on neck; lack of energy; dysarthria; difficultly with vision; difficultly swallowing; weight loss; facial weakness; and homonymous...

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Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; epilepsy; fits; and hemianopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.