University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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, correspondence, notes and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic external hydrocephalus; head injury; headaches; vomiting; unconsciousness; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: arachnoiditis; difficulty walking; headache; unconsciousness; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

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, notes, autopsy report, reports, chart and photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculosis; meningitis; tuberculomata; hemiparesis; unconsciousness; spasms; vomiting; gait disorder; arachnoiditis; and hydrocephalus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, charts, note, correspondence, photographs and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: aqueduct stenosis; dysrhythmia; comatose; hypertonus; headache; diplopia; increased intracranial tension; hydrocephalus; and extradural clot. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, reports and photographs relating to female fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: arterio-venous malformations; hydrocephalus; diplopia; fits; aqueduct stenosis; amenorrhea; epileptic manifestations; and turns of unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: external hydrocephalus following a concussional head injury; papilloedema; and "blackouts" of unknown aetiology. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; subdural hygroma; vomiting; hydrocephalus; unconsciousness; fits; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; intracranial tension; head injury; posterior fossa neoplasm; hydrocephalus; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.