University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, chart, note, photograph, correspondence and autopsy report relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hand tremor; olfactory aura; facial paresis; glioblastoma multiforme; glioblastoma; anosmia; homonomous hemianopia; defective memory; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male gunner fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 31 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; defective vision; left hemiparesis; facial weakness; papilloedema; hypoaesthesia; headache; gidiness; and vomiting. No 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 relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; fractured skull; vomiting; and right facial paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.