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, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; memory loss; papilloedema; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: dazed condition; unable to speak; unconscious; fits; very thirsty; poor memory; numbness in right arm; pain in back and abdomen; cyanosis; dysphasic disturbances; aphasia; sarcoma; and metastasis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, correspondence, autopsy reports and black and white photographs and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: neuritis; head injury; headaches; vomiting; loss of vision; fatigue; forgetful; pituitary epidermoid tumour; craniopharyngioma; somnolence; and infantilism. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, autopsy report and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 44 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: twitching; aphasic; forgetful; cyanotic; dysarthria; glioma; and hemiplegia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, charts, black and white photographs and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 43 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: blurring of vision; headache; sick; dyslexia; poor memory; unconsciousness; angioplastic meningioma; facial weakness; and dysphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, drawings, charts, correspondence and photographs relating to male corporal fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: head injury; compound skull fracture; headache; dizziness; memory defect; intracranial abscess; slight dysphasic disability; amnesia; anosmia; and displaced left eye. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, correspondence, and photographs relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 53 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: brain tumour; glioblastoma; headache; tiredness; and memory loss. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 54 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; blindness; meningioma; dizziness; memory loss and mental symptoms. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, drawing, photographic negatives, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; loss of memory; headache; and meningioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.