University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence and charts relating to male captain fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 49 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; auditory hallucinations; papilloedema; somnolence; left homonymous hemianopia; facial paresis; tremor; glioblastoma multiforme; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and photographs relating to male staff sergeant fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: compound skull fracture; severe concussional head injury; dysphasia; left hemiparesis; unconsciousness; somnolence; attacks of fainting; and minor epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, report, charts and photograph relating to male riflemanfrom Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1942 Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; nystagmus; ptosis; headache; dizziness; drowsiness; cerebral oedema; spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and reports relating to malelance corporal fromoutside Great Britain aged 27 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; scalp wound; papilloedema; headache; incontinence; somnolence; hemiparesis; facial paresis; and paranoid tendencies. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male private fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: brain tumour; glioma; astroblastoma; papilloedema; hypoaesthesia; headache; facial paresis; left hemiparesis; drowsiness; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, correspondence and photographs relating to male officer from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: compound skull fracture; bilateral anosmia; somnolence; and loss of left eye. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe concussional head injury with residual intellectual and personality changes; drowsiness; and nerve palsy of ocular movement. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, charts and report relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: acute multiloculated abscess in right temporal lobe; left flaccid hemiparesis; left hemianopia; and drowsiness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating missile wound of skull, brain and scalp; drowsiness; wound infection; and flaccid paralysis of left arm. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.