University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, chart, photographs and autopsy report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; intracranial pressure; cyst; ependymoma; and haemorrhage. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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.

Typed case summary, chart, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; intracranial pressure; photophobia; epilepsy; and ependymoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: ependymoblastoma; unsteadiness; ependymoma; spasticity; headache; papilloedema; intracranial pressure; cyst; and head injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts, note and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; weight loss; secondary cerebral tumour; dysarthria; ependymoma; increased intracranial tension; papilloedema; facial palsy; deteriorating vision; and drop foot. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged2at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar ependymoma; ataxia; incontinence; haemangioma; increased intracranial tension; spinal cord compression; retention of urine; medulloblastoma; and subarachnoid spinal metastasis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: subependymoma; secondary hydrocephalus; headache; and increased intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: subependymoma; multi-locular cysts; raised intracranial pressure; vomiting; papilloedema; headache; and nystagmus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: ependymoma; epilepsy; and intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.