University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, report and charts relating to male private from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: pain in right thigh and hip; fibrillary twitching in legs; muscular weakness on right; and spinal meningial secondary deposit of malignant melanoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, notes and drawing relating to male sergeant fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in1941 Conditions mentioned include: numbness; paraesthesia; hydro-nephrosis; post traumatic epilepsy; concussional head injury; headaches; ptosis; nystagmus; hypotonia; astrocytoma; and left homonymous hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and chart relating to male fusilier fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; cerebral lesion; syphilis; syphilitic meningitis; epidermoid tumour; and chorodial papilloma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male second lieutenant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 40 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; blurred vision; weakness in leg; homonymous hemianopia; glioblastoma; fractured shoulder; glioma; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female private fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: eye pain; blindness in one eye; headache; slight nystagmus; nervous system disease; anosmia; cerebral tumor; neurofibromata. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male gunner fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; hyperaesthesia; myeloma; reticulo-endothelioma; and tumour. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, autopsy report and photograph relating to male lieutenant commander, surgeon fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 37 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; nausea; vomiting; homonymous hemianopia; papilloedema; melano-carcinoma; sciatic pain; staggering gait; meningioma; lesions; and secondary tumours. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after readmission.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male lieutenant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland)aged 21 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: aerocele of right frontal sinus; post operative scalp neuritis; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts and photograph relating to male gunner fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 35 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: homonymous hemianopia; pituitary tumour; adenoma; fits; and status epilepticus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.