University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; staggering; hydrocephalus; headache; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 13 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: unsteadiness; fatigue; neck pain; failure of vision; diplopia; hydorcephalus; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died on second admission.

Typed case summary, photographs, photographic negatives, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; vomiting; squint; meningitis; papilloedema; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; diplopia; carcinoma; olfactory hallucinations; tinnitus; intracranial pressure; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; chronic arachnoiditis; papilloedema; pleocytosis; adhesive meningitis; neck pain; headache; and nystagmus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: aqueduct stenosis; hydrocephalus; tinnitus; neck pain; vomiting; vision disorder; papilloedema; headaches; disorientation; blackouts; and drowsiness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.