University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, report, autopsy report, notes, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: secondary bronchial carcinoma; confusion; drowsiness; incontinence; papilloedema; ptosis; facial weakness; fits; hydrocephalus; bronchopneumonia; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, photographs and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; drowsiness; papilloedema; intellectual deterioration; hemiparesis; bronchial carcinoma; bronchopnuemonia; cerebral tumour; renal ademomata; secondary glioblastoma; and hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, photographs, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: aneurysm; loss of consciousness; headache; subarachnoid haemorrhage; stiff neck; papilloedema; drowsiness; brain oedema; and bronchopneumonia.Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, charts, photographs and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: otitis media; dizziness; deafness; papilloedema; hypertension; broncho pneumonia; osteomyelitis; cerebral metastases; intracranial tension; and epileptic fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; brain stem compression; broncho-pneumonia; limb weakness; papilloedema; headache; motor neurone facial weakness; drowsiness; and incontinence. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; bronchopnuemonia; papilloedema; headache; vomiting; drowsiness; brainstem compression; and dysrhythmia. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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....

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, charts, reports, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; limb spasticity; basal ganglia tumour; headache; vomiting; papilloedema; drowsiness; confusion; hemiparesis; incontinence; dysphasia; Addison's disease; secondary tumours in brain and adrenal glands; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment...

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Typed case summary, reports, charts, photographs, autopsy report, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; headache; ataxia; aphasia; intracranial tumour; hemiparesis; papilloedema; affective disorder; meningitis; bronchopneumonia; spastic gait; and post-irradiation endartertitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, chart, note, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; spastic paraparesis; concussion; papilloedema; dehydration; stupor; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.