University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, correspondence, photograph, and chart relating to male stoker from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 41 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: delirium; hemiparesis; papilloedema; homonymouns hemianopia; astereognosis; astrocytoma; limb-kinetic apraxia; incontinence; brain tumour; glioblastoma multiforme; and brainstem haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report and photographs relating to male aged 56 at first admission in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; cerebral haemorrhage; hydrocephalus; head injury; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; cerebral haemorrhage; mental retardation; and spastic paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, x-ray films, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dysphasia; cerebral thrombosis; hemi-paresis; cerebral aneurysm; cerebral arteriosclerosis; Parkinsonian tremor; paranoia; back pain; confusion; intracerebral haemorrhage; and rodent ulcer. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, black-and-white photograph, autopsy report, correspondence and chart relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 22 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral haemorrhage; left flaccid hemiparesis; concussional head injury; and generalised brain oedema with tentorial impaction. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; dysphasia; confusion; facial paresis; limb paresis; and intraventricular haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem report and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; brain haemorrhage; epilepsy; clonic facial twitch; seizures; spasms; unconsciousness; hemiparesis; headaches; facial weakness; and personality change. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral clot; hemiparesis; homonymous hemianopia; hypertension; headache; cerebral haemorrhage; and cerebral vascular accident. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; cerebral haemorrhage; exophthalmos; ventricular hypertrophy; hemiparesis; schizophrenia; thryrotoxicosis; and arteriosclerosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and autopsy report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arteriovenous anomaly; epilepsy; hemiparesis; intra-cerebral haematoma; and broncho-pneumonia. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.