University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary and photographs relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: headache; loss of vision; intracranial pressure; seizures; blindness; cyst; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; blindness; intracranial pressure; hydrocephalus; and tuberculoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 8 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; blindness; intracranial pressure; failure of vision; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: tubercular meningitis; jaundice; vomiting; pain; headaches; photophobia; blindness; intracranial pressure; and weakness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculosis meningitis; intracranial pressure; brainstem adhesions; and blindness. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: increase intracranial pressure; headache; bilateral papilloedema; right abducens palsy; paresis; hypoglossal palsy; fulminating bronchopneumonia; chordoma; blurred vision; blindness; ptosis; obesity; haemorrhage; vomiting; venous sinus thrombosis; arterial hypertension; and carcinoma of the rectum....