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.

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, notes, charts, drawings and photographs relating to male petty officer from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: head wound; papillodema; diplopia; homonymous hemionopia; epilepsy; headache; cerebral abscess; thigh wound; dizziness; and hallucinations. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, autopsy report and photograph relating to male lieutenant commander, surgeon fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 37 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; nausea; vomiting; homonymous hemianopia; papilloedema; melano-carcinoma; sciatic pain; staggering gait; meningioma; lesions; and secondary tumours. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after readmission.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts and photograph relating to male gunner fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 35 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: homonymous hemianopia; pituitary tumour; adenoma; fits; and status epilepticus. 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, reports, notes, correspondence, charts, autopsy report and photographs relating to male lieutenant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: giddiness; headache; vomiting; aphasia; diplopia; homonymous hemianopia; confusion; primary malignant brain tumour; and glioblastoma multiforme. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, drawings, autopsy report, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to femalecorporal fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: effects of head injury; headache; homonymous hemianopia; hemiparesis; blood clot on brain; coma; localised epilepsy; and post traumatic cerebral scarring. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, correspondence, photograph, and chart relating to male stoker from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 41 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: delirium; hemiparesis; papilloedema; homonymouns hemianopia; astereognosis; astrocytoma; limb-kinetic apraxia; incontinence; brain tumour; glioblastoma multiforme; and brainstem haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.