University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male ordinary seaman fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; ptosis; hypertonus; imperfect visual acuity; glioblastoma; neuroblastoma metastasis; and neuro-epithelial tumour. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; head injury; headache; neck pain; cyst; and metastatic carcinoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, reports, photographs and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; drowsiness; homonymous hemianopia; renal carcinoma; hypernephroma; papilloedema; cerebral and chest metastatis; and glioblastoma multiforme. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, photographs and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; drowsiness; papilloedema; intellectual deterioration; hemiparesis; bronchial carcinoma; bronchopnuemonia; cerebral tumour; renal ademomata; secondary glioblastoma; and hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; memory loss; secondary adenocarcinoma; and glioblastoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, charts, reports, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; limb spasticity; basal ganglia tumour; headache; vomiting; papilloedema; drowsiness; confusion; hemiparesis; incontinence; dysphasia; Addison's disease; secondary tumours in brain and adrenal glands; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment...

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Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 69 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; cerebral oedema; cystic glioma; dysphasia; papilloedema; secondary deposit of carcinoma; and intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; secondary carcinoma; bronchial neoplasm; and spastic limbs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.