University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 33 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; frontal headache; fits; epileptic attacks; motor weakness; numbness in hand; weakness in limbs; neuro-degenerative epilepsy; and aphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; numbness; head injury; fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 28 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; dizziness; left otitis; numbness; facial weakness; epilepsy; fits; spinal otorrhoea; nausea; hemiparesis; aphasia; abscess; and cholesteatoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male sapperfrom Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; diplopia; numbness in leg; amnesia; hypotonia of muscles in leg; congenital aneurysm; spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage; fainting; uraemia; and renal tuberculosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male miner fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 45 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: focal epileptic attack; headache; fainting; vertigo; paraesthesiae; hemi-hypaesthesia; giddiness; unsteady gait; weakness of limbs; concussional head injury; and neurosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fainting turns; ?epilepsy; and numbness in head. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: generalised cortical atrophy; fainting; amnesia; unconsciousness; pressure on head; epilepsy; dysrhythmia; and sensory depression. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 69 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: Prolapsed invertebral disc; cortical lesion; backache; fainting; lumbago; deafness; sciatic neuritis; lumbar disc protrusion; leg pain; numness; unsteadiness of gait; cortical atrophy; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence, charts, and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: blackouts, hypoesthesia; transient amblyopia; papilloedema; benign intercranial hypertension; and dissecting aneurysm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.