University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 25 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: chronic arachnoiditis; headache; meningitis; obesity; and intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes, reports, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 16 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: headache; chronic cisternal arachnoiditis; hydrocephalus; intracranial pressure; and chronic pericerebellar leptomeningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 17 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fainting; vomiting; arachnoiditis; and intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; failure of vision; intracranial pressure; papilloedema; and arachnoiditis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: arachnoiditis; headache; dizziness; ependymoma; intracranial pressure; and leptomeningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, autopsy report, reports and photograph relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: basal leptomeningeal fibrosis; obstruction of foramen of Magendie; allergic reaction; arachnoiditis; vertigo; unconsciousness; headache; papilloedema; hypertension; hydrocephalus; intracranial pressure; nausea; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died...

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Typed correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; hydrocephalus; adhesive arachnoiditis; homonymous hemianopia; papilloedema; vision disorders; and intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.