University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and sample of patient handwriting relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 72 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: basal ganglia vascular impairment, hand tremor; facial weakness; and nystagmus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to female fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 73 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: vascular accident; motor aphasia; dysphasia; pyramidal tract damage; thrombosis; facial weakness; and arterial hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, photographs, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: vertebral aneurysm; subarachnoid haemorrhage; nystagmus; dysarthria; hemiparesis; suppurative encephalitis; facial weakness; epileptic fit; headache; cortical damage; pyramidal signs. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arteriosclerosis; hypertension; basal ganglia lesions; dysarthria; facial palsy; and Bell's palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: extra pyramidal symptoms; facial weakness; homonymous hemianopia; cerebral tumour; ependymoma of temporal lobe; and choreoathetoid disturbance of upper limb. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, x-ray films, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: narcolepsy; cataleptic attacks; Parkinsonism; extrapyramidal tremor; and facial palsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.