University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, chart, note, photograph, correspondence and autopsy report relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hand tremor; olfactory aura; facial paresis; glioblastoma multiforme; glioblastoma; anosmia; homonomous hemianopia; defective memory; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: dysarthria; epilepsy; paresis; fits; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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, report, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headache; hemiparesis; memory difficulties; hydrocephalus; and dysphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; vomiting; headache; and paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 57 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hemiparesis; hemianopia; and glioblastoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, chart, autopsy report and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma corpus callosum; amnesia; headaches; numbness; right paresis; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; brain-stem haemorrhage; paresis; and papilloedema. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; neck pain; hemiparesis; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.