University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: dazed condition; unable to speak; unconscious; fits; very thirsty; poor memory; numbness in right arm; pain in back and abdomen; cyanosis; dysphasic disturbances; aphasia; sarcoma; and metastasis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: sacral tumour; secondary carcinoma; leg pain; and dysarthria. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, charts, autopsy report, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar medulloblastoma; metastases to brain stem and spinal cord; dysarthria; deterioration of balance; and nystagmus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, reports, charts, autopsy report and neuropathology report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: dysphagia; dysarthria; ataxia; and intercranial spread of neoplasm from bronchogenic carcinoma. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.