University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence and charts relating to male captain fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 49 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; auditory hallucinations; papilloedema; somnolence; left homonymous hemianopia; facial paresis; tremor; glioblastoma multiforme; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and reports relating to malelance corporal fromoutside Great Britain aged 27 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; scalp wound; papilloedema; headache; incontinence; somnolence; hemiparesis; facial paresis; and paranoid tendencies. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male private fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: brain tumour; glioma; astroblastoma; papilloedema; hypoaesthesia; headache; facial paresis; left hemiparesis; drowsiness; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; brain stem compression; broncho-pneumonia; limb weakness; papilloedema; headache; motor neurone facial weakness; drowsiness; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart, reports, note, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arteriosclerosis; ischaemic lesions; headache; personality changes; hypertension; facial weakness; incontinence; cerebral atrophy; and somnolence. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating missile wound of skull, brain and scalp; drowsiness; wound infection; and flaccid paralysis of left arm. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; drowsiness; facial paresis; and right homonymous hemianopsia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: ?disseminated sclerosis; facial weakness; headache; drowsiness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis, ataxia; drowsiness; and facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.