University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral florid papilloedema; headaches; vomiting; external hydrocephalus; and epileptic attacks. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; stenosis of Sylvian aqueduct; facial oedema; papilloedema; headache; unsteadiness; nausea; fits; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; hypertensive; dizziness; venous thrombosis; headache; hydrocephalus; and oedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2. Patient not examined. Conditions mentioned include: pneumococcal meningitis; subarachnoid adhesions; head injury; vision disorders; hydrocephalus; coma; vomiting; oedema; papilloedema; and seizure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: headache; papilloedema; facial weakness; retinal oedema; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.