University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, and report relating to female paitent from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; headache; hemianopia; abscess; and intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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 report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: vascular hypertension; hemianopia; papilloedema; retro-orbital pain; stiff neck; para-sellar aneurysm; and chromophobe adenoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: temporal hemianopia; hemianopic scotoma; fibrositis; chronic arachnoiditis; neck pain; and shoulder pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 21 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; headaches; fatiguability; vision defect; homonymous hemianopia; neck pain; growth spurt; Costen's syndrome; hormone deficiency; head injury; and concussion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; headache; subdural heamatoma; subarachnoid haemorrhage; aneurysm; motor paresis; and homonymoius hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.