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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, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; pre-eclampsia; vomiting; papilloeddema; confusion; tuberculoma; tuberculosis meningitis; diplopia; incontinence; and facial weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; papilloedema; headache; hemiparesis; blackouts; epilepsy; facial palsy; and confusion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma; intracranial pressure; papilloedema; dysphasia; confusion; cerebral tumour; hemiparesis; sixth nerve palsy; hemianopia; and bronchopneumonia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged45at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral astrocytoma; dysphasia; hemiparesis; papilloedema; headache; vomiting; confusion; incontinence; and blackouts. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; comatose; cerebral glioma; brainstem ishaemia; papilloedema; headache; confusion; and vomiting. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; papilloedema; confusion; Meniere's disease; unsteadiness; and tinnitus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; incontinence; epilepsy; papilloedema; 6th nerve paresis; hemianiopia; confusion; and pulmonary embolism. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Notes, autopsy report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: headache, vomiting, confusion; hemiparesis; papilloedema; astrocytoma; cyst; and mental changes. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: retrosternal pain; minor ulnar lesion; confusion; dysphasia; papilloedema; encephalitic process; and cerebral thrombophlebitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.