University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; coma; aphasia; meningitis; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: osteomyelitis of skull; ear pain; meningitis; thrombophlebitis; coma; tinnitus; dizziness; vertigo; facial paresis; and rodent ulcer. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and autopsy report relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 45 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: pneumococcal meningitis; comatose state; neck stiffness; and nystagmus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: meningeal irritation; coma; barbiturate poisoning; headaches; and amnesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, photographs, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: coma; headache; homonymous hemianopia; meningeal irritation; vomiting; and diffuse encephalitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: post-meningitic midbrain thrombopheblitis; giddiness; visual disturbance; staggering; headache; neck stiffness; otitis media; coma; unconsciousness; encephalitis; and deep vein thrombosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2. Patient not examined. Conditions mentioned include: pneumococcal meningitis; subarachnoid adhesions; head injury; vision disorders; hydrocephalus; coma; vomiting; oedema; papilloedema; and seizure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Autopsy report, notes, typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic acute meningitis; head injury; subconjunctival haemorrhages; and coma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence, typed case summary, autopsy report, black-and-white photographs, reports, notes and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: post-encephalitic bilateral parkinsonism; coma; slurred speech; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.