University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, photographs, reports, correspondence, charts and autopsy report relating to male coal miner fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 35 at first examination in1941 Conditions mentioned include: compound fracture of skull; fits; diplopia; nystagmus; cerebral abscess; epilepsy; headache; and cerebral cicatrix. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and notes relating to male cabin boy fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland)aged 20 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wounds to head; compound skull fracture; acute meningitis; loss of vision; ear pain; headache; nystagmus; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male private aged 25 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; nystagmus concussion; personality changes; and post concussional syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male gunner fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; hypermetropic error of eyes; nystagmus; dizziness; concussional head injury; and fractured skull. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male lance sergeant from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; headache; amnesia; fissure fracture of skull; nystagmus; dizziness; and anosmia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; meningioma; vomiting; skull fracture; medulloblastoma; nystagmus; hydrocephalus; and intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Typed case summary, report and chart relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: minor head injury; sj=kull fracture; headache; nystagmus; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.