University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, note, correspondence and autopsy report relating to male squadron leader fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: contusion of cerebral base and brain stem; hyperpnoea; haemorrhage; skull fracture; and severe cranio-cerebral injury. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, photographs, chart, reports and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: laceration; hemiplegia; fractured jaw; fractured sternum; subdural haematoma; intracerebral haemorrhage; trauma to the brain; severe head injury. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, autopsy report, correspondence and chart relating to male sailor from outside Great Britain aged 36 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: head injury involving linear fracture of occipital region; contre-coup lacerations; intracerebral haemorrhage into right temporal lobe; and generalised cerebral oedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, photographs, charts and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injuries; widespread traumatic cerebral haemorrhages; fractured skull; cerebellar haemorrhages; and fractures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; unconsciousness; hemiplegia; brain haemorrhages; brainstem ischaemia; and skull fractures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.