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, correspondence, notes, chartsa and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: secondary cerebral neoplasm; epilepsy; seizure; unconsciousness; headache; unsteadiness; weight loss; nausea; vomiting; constipation; and amnesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: facial paresis; hemiparesis; loss of consciousness; carcinoma of breast; meningeal and cerebral carcinomatosis; metastasis in brain and liver; and cardiac arrest. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report; autopsy reports, charts and photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: bronchial carcinoma; intracranial metastases; abdominal pain; sickness; headache; difficulty in balancing; tinnitus; drowsiness; and coma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: metastatic anaplastic carcinoma; loss of consciousness; right-sided hemiparesis; and personality changes. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.