University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, charts , autopsy reports and black and white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: double vision; giddiness; headache; stiff neck; vomiting; sleep disturbances; squint in eye; ependymona; loss of conscienceness; fits; glandular mass on neck; lack of energy; dysarthria; difficultly with vision; difficultly swallowing; weight loss; facial weakness; and homonymous...

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Typed case summary, report, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; leg weakness; diplopia; vomiting; dizziness; nystagmus; and dysarthria. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: vascular lesions affecting brain stem; hypertension; neck pain; dysarthria; vertigo; diplopia; and weeping. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report, autopsy report and photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: gliomatosis of brainstem; unsteadiness of gait; neck pain; and speech disorders. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; vomiting; dysarthria; cerebellar tumour; and polycystic disease with hypernephroma formation. Surgical treatment given. Patient died after several admissions.

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Typed correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: degenerative spinocerebellar process; unsteadiness; drooping shoulders; dysarthria; facial asymmetry; partial incontinence; mental disability; neck pain; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence, notes, reports, typed case summary and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: motor neuron disease; dysarthria; neck pain; cervical spondylosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes, charts and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: cervical chordoma; dysphagia; dysarthria; and jaw and neck pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.