University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, charts, drawing and correspondence relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; vision disorder; tuberculosis; papilloedema; intercranial hypertension; cerebellar tuberculoma; and blindness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, photographic negatives, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: blindness; facial paralysis; papilloedema; deafness; von Recklinghausen's Disease; neurofibroma; and meningioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; nausea; blindness; vertigo; papilloedema; and cerebellar tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: increase intracranial pressure; headache; bilateral papilloedema; right abducens palsy; paresis; hypoglossal palsy; fulminating bronchopneumonia; chordoma; blurred vision; blindness; ptosis; obesity; haemorrhage; vomiting; venous sinus thrombosis; arterial hypertension; and carcinoma of the rectum....

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Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial metastasis; headache; vomiting; weakness; of lower face; primary bronchogenic carcinoma; papilloedema; incontinence; and blindness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, x-ray films, drawing, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; confusion; blindness; optic atrophy; headaches; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 14 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: vision disturbances; optic disc swelling; optic atrophy; and blindness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence, typed case summary, X-ray films, report, notes and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: suprasellar meningioma; central scotoma in left eye; blindness; and complete temporal hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence, charts and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: neuromyelitis optica; papilloedema; loss of vision in right eye; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.