University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 52 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: oedema; astrocytoma; failure of vision; diplopia; headache; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; stenosis of Sylvian aqueduct; facial oedema; papilloedema; headache; unsteadiness; nausea; fits; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; fatigue; euphoria; hemianopia; papilloedema; and oedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: nausea; ankle oedema; papilloedema; nephritis; and malignant hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart, report, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; otitis media; oedema; papilloedema; headache; and subdural abscess. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary; charts; notes; reports; autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: temporal lobe abscess; facial swelling; tremor; amblyopia; papilloedema; and cerebral infarction. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headaches; epilepsy; seizures; tinnitus; hypersalivation; amnesia; oedema; vomiting; vision disorder; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; hypertensive; dizziness; venous thrombosis; headache; hydrocephalus; and oedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2. Patient not examined. Conditions mentioned include: pneumococcal meningitis; subarachnoid adhesions; head injury; vision disorders; hydrocephalus; coma; vomiting; oedema; papilloedema; and seizure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: headache; papilloedema; facial weakness; retinal oedema; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.