University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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.

Typed case summary and chart relating to maleprivate from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; facial paresis; paresis of right arm; early papilloedema; cerebral contusion; and increased intercranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; papilloedema; and intracranial hypertension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, photographs, report and autopsy report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: right temporal glioblastoma; headache; drowsiness; papilloedema; breathlessness; and intracranial hypertension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; papilloedema; glioblastoma; speech disorders; and intracranial hypertension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, chart and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; intracranial hypertension; papilloedema; homonymous hemianopia; drowsiness; cerebral neoplasm; astrocytoma; and glioblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, chart, correspondence, and autopsy report relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary tuberculosis; raised intracranial pressure; headache; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence, charts, and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: blackouts, hypoesthesia; transient amblyopia; papilloedema; benign intercranial hypertension; and dissecting aneurysm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial hypertension; asthma; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.