University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and photographs relating to male staff sergeant fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: compound skull fracture; severe concussional head injury; dysphasia; left hemiparesis; unconsciousness; somnolence; attacks of fainting; and minor epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; concussion; and fainting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 49 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headaches; fainting; staggering; dizziness; memory deterioration; drowsiness; and fractured skull. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: mild post-concussional syndrome; isolated fainting attack; fissure fracture of skull; and paraesthesiae. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: fractured skull; head injury; fainting; and haemorrhagic destruction of frontal lobes. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.