University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: drowsiness; speech disturbance; headache; homonymous hemianopia; facial paresis; aphasia; glioblastoma multiforme; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, correspondence, and photographs relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 53 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: brain tumour; glioblastoma; headache; tiredness; and memory loss. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: frontal headaches; vomiting; inabilty to concentrate; homonymous hemianopia; abscess; and glioblastoma multiforme. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; personality change; fatigue; staggering; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, autopsy report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 47 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: numbness in arm; epilepsy; unconsciousness; headaches; vomiting; drowsy; astrocytoma; glioma; and glioblastoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, drawings and black and white photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 31 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: tiredness; weight loss; nausea; giddiness; headache; vomiting; constipated; diplopia; unsteadiness; intracranial pressure; glioblastoma; mitoses; astrocytoma; malignant metaplasia; and secondary pneumonia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, photographs and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headache; vomiting; tiredness; somnolence; papilloedema; and weight loss. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, reports, drawings, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: cyst; glioblastoma; and fatigue. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 48 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; vomiting; drowsiness; weakness; exhaustion; unconsciousness; delirium; hypotonus; glioblastoma; and glioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headache; vomiting; and fatigue. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.