University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, charts, report, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; headache; organic deterioration; obesity; hydrocephalus; and congenital atresia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 1 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; congenital spinal abnormalities; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: birth defect; hydrocephalus; and intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; congenital defect of spinal cord; paraplegia; and paralysis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; congenital internal occipital encephalocele; nystagmus; intracranial tension; and congenital abnormalities. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, photographs, x-ray films, reports, notes, autopsy report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: spinal meningocele; communicating hydrocephalus; head injury; spina bifida; meningomyelocele; papilloedma; paraplegia; hip deformity; failing vision; Arnold Chiari malformation; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient...

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Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: Arnold chiari malformation; spina bifida; lumbar myelomemingocele; hydrocephalus; congential dislocation of hip; paralysis; and spinal and skull deformities. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; extradural haematoma; drowsiness; mentally backward; skull deformity; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: congenital deformities of chest, hand and heart; arrested hydrocephalus; and megacephaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; meningocele; leg deformity; paralysis; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.