University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vertigo; gunshot wound; leptomeningitis; abcsess; seizures; epilepsy; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and notes relating to male cabin boy fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland)aged 20 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wounds to head; compound skull fracture; acute meningitis; loss of vision; ear pain; headache; nystagmus; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: fits; leptomeningitis; abscesses; ventriculitis; and gunshot wound. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male signalman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to skull; resultant recurrent bacillus pyocyaneus meningitis; spastic hemiparesis; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: bullet wound in right calf; compound depressed fracture of skull (right parietal region); post-concussional syndrome; and chronic meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and report relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 42 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to the head; brain abscess; and leptomeningitis. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 39 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to left temporo-occipital region and elbows; wound infection; cerebral fungus; and meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: multiple penetrating gunshot wounds in left parietal region; resultant chronic left occipital lobe abscess; blindness; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound tot the skull; bone fragment in the frontal lobe; and meningitis; and post-traumatic impairment of memory. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.