University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; stenosis of Sylvian aqueduct; facial oedema; papilloedema; headache; unsteadiness; nausea; fits; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; nausea; facial oedema; proptosis; and thrombophlebitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: nausea; ankle oedema; papilloedema; nephritis; and malignant hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: nausea; oedema; and cerebral abscess. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; nausea; obesity; and oedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts, autopsy reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: paraplegia; meningo-myelitis; loin pain; infected bladder; enlarged prostate; spinal tumour; vomiting; ulcers; bedsores; oedemas; faeces and urine incontinence; nausea; thrombophlebitis; sacral pressure sores; mitral stenosis; pulmonary congestion; bilateral hydronephrosis; and...

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Correspondence, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: ?histamine cephalgia; headaches; swelling of eyelids; and nausea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.