University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, reports, photographs, charts, pamphlet, offprint, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 0 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; streptococcal meningitis; headaches; vomiting; and hemianopia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland), aged 16 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; headaches; vomiting; hydrocephalus; hemianaesthesia; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, photographs, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: headache; failure of vision; staggering gait; hemianopia; hydrocephalus; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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.

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: ?infantile encephalitis; hemianopia; intellectual disability; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; fits; apraxia; hemianopia; hydrocephalus; head injury; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, autopsy reports and reports relating to female from Scotland ( outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: frontal headache; vomiting; unconsciousness; drowsy; poor concentration and memory; hands weak and shaky; obstructive hydrocephalus; suprasellar cyst; pituitary tumour; adenoma; bitemporal hemianopia; somnolence; and weight loss. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, drawings and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: aqueduct stenosis; hydrocephalus; failure of vision; hemianopia; headache; and cerebrospinal rhinorrhoea. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 64 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral metastasis; primary thyroid carcinoma; hydrocephalus; venous sinus thrombosis; hemianopia; headache; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; hydrocephalus; adhesive arachnoiditis; homonymous hemianopia; papilloedema; vision disorders; and intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.