University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, chart, note, photograph, correspondence and autopsy report relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hand tremor; olfactory aura; facial paresis; glioblastoma multiforme; glioblastoma; anosmia; homonomous hemianopia; defective memory; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Charts, drawings, correspondence and photographs relating to male private aged 24 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: pneumoccocal meningitis; memory defect; paraesthesiae; visual field defects; amnesia; homonymous hemianopic defects; brain atrophy; and lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male second lieutenant from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: right lower quadrantic homonymous hemianopia; head injury; tinnitus; dysphasia; dsylexia; dysgraphia; memory impairement; post traumatic epilepsy; and skull fracture. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 25 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; incontinence; lapses of memory; tuberculoma; and homonymous hemianopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; papilloedema; hemianopia; memory defect; failure of vision; and glioblastoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: sarcoma; swelling at back of skull; weakness; homonymous hemianopia; hemiparesis; exophthalmos; spatial disorientation; and amnesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, drawing and chart relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating wound in right parietal region with severe residual disabilities; memory retention defect; left homonymous hemianopia; and neglect of left arm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: cerebrovascular accident; hemianopia; hemiparesis; and memory impairment. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: encephalopathy; memory deterioration; homonymous field defect; headache; deteriorating vision; cerebral arteriosclerosis; cerebrovascular disease; hypertension; lymphocytic pleocytosis; and Parkinsonism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: internal carotid thrombosis; memory impairement; homonymous hemianopia; acute cerebral catastrophe; and sensory deficit in right limbs. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.