University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male second lieutenant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; incontinence; memory deterioration; effects of meningicoccal meningitis; organic dementia; fits; and cortical atrophy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Charts, drawings, correspondence and photographs relating to male private aged 24 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: pneumoccocal meningitis; memory defect; paraesthesiae; visual field defects; amnesia; homonymous hemianopic defects; brain atrophy; and lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports and typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: ?spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage; ?meningitis; head injury; and memory impairment. No 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.

Typed case summary, black-and-white photographs, autopsy report and chart relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral subdural haematoma following unspecified head injury; meningitis consequent upon operative infection; progressive impairment of memory; and right hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: ?meningitis; headache; apathy; and memory defect. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: leptomeningitis; epilepsy; memory impairment; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.