University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; meningitis; hydrocephalus; headache; cyst; astrocytoma; and glioblastoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headache; hemiparesis; memory difficulties; hydrocephalus; and dysphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and photographs relating to male aged 56 at first admission in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; cerebral haemorrhage; hydrocephalus; head injury; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; thalmic and brainstem haemorrhage; headache; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart, notes, report and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; intracerebral haemorrhage; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report and chart relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; headaches; sleep disorder; amnesia; weakness; nausea; depression; and hydrocelphalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy reports, photographs and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 69 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; memory loss; weakness; unconsciousness; aphasia; apraxia; hydrocephalus; and haemorrhage. Sugical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; hydrocephalus; glioblastoma; facio-brachial paresis; incontinence; dyspahsia; and intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.