University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: drowsiness; speech disturbance; headache; homonymous hemianopia; facial paresis; aphasia; glioblastoma multiforme; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male driver fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: rheumatism; headache; nausea; vomiting; blurred vision; speech difficulties; facial paresis; middle ear deafness; cerebro-spinal meningitis; and pailloedema. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, chart and sample of patient handwriting relating to female fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: left temporal abscess; headaches; speech disorders; bilateral papilloedema; cholesteatoma; and infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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 soldier from outside Great Britain aged 38 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma (left temporal lobe); dizziness; memory and speech impairment; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Autopsy report, reports, photographs, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; speech disturbance; hemiplegia; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; increased intracranial pressure; 6th nerve paresis; arachnoid adhesions; nasal speech; papilloedema; and attack of unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: breast carcinoma; metastases; hemiparesis; speech disorder; headaches; sickness; weakness; drowsiness; homonymous hemianopia; mental disorders; incontinence; and papilloedema. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: tinnitus; unsteadiness; hemiparesis; vasospasm; cerebral arteriosclerosis; headache; dizziness; speech disorder; vision disorder; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, charts, reports and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: anaplastic tumour (left frontal lobe), ?metastatic; bilateral papilloedema; hearing loss; and speech difficulty. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.