University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, report, autopsy report and charts relating to maleflying officer fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: hemiplegia; cholecystitis; aphasia; facial paralysis; lenticulo-striate arterial thrombosis; chronic arterial hypertension; circulatory failure; and haemorrhage infarction of cerebral cortex. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report, postmortem report, chart, photographs and x-rays relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; aneurysm; bronchopneumonia; headache; hypertension; peptic ulcer; and weight loss. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral haemorrhage; and hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral clot; hemiparesis; homonymous hemianopia; hypertension; headache; cerebral haemorrhage; and cerebral vascular accident. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; cerebral haemorrhage; exophthalmos; ventricular hypertrophy; hemiparesis; schizophrenia; thryrotoxicosis; and arteriosclerosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; cerebral haemorrhage; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral haemorrhage; hypertension; hemianopia; and cerebrovascular accident. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage; hypertension; left-sided hemiplegia; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.