University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, notes and drawing relating to male sergeant fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in1941 Conditions mentioned include: numbness; paraesthesia; hydro-nephrosis; post traumatic epilepsy; concussional head injury; headaches; ptosis; nystagmus; hypotonia; astrocytoma; and left homonymous hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male aircraftman fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: homonymous hemianopia; nausea; headache; slight lateral nystagmus; psychopathic personality; and migraine. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male private fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1942 Conditions mentioned include: dysarthria; ataxia; incontinence; homonymous hemianopia; hemi-anaesthesia; hemiparesis; aphasia; cerebral thrombosis; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to maleprivate fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: headache; diplopia; epileptic attacks; deafness; homonymous hemianopia; papilloedema; facial palsy; brain tumour; nystagmus; ataxia; meningioma; hydrocephalus; and unsteadiness of gait. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 52 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: blurred vision; no appetite; vomiting; pituitary tumour; haemorrhage; nystagmus; and bilateral hemianopia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: otitis media; nystagmus; temporal lobe abscess; hemiparesis; hemianopia; and thrombophlebitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; mental backwardness; homonymous hemianopia; right-sided convulsion; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem report and photographs relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; hemianopsia; vision disorders; nystagmus; amnesia; tuberculosis spine; and back pain. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: tangential bullet wound in occipital region; penetrating wound in chest; right homonymous hemianopia; and nystagmus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: listlessness; anorexia; vomiting; headache; nystagmus; homonymous hemianopia; and gait disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.