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, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: tremor; headache; vertigo; cyst; fits; petit mal; glioblastoma; and angioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence and charts relating to male captain fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 49 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; auditory hallucinations; papilloedema; somnolence; left homonymous hemianopia; facial paresis; tremor; glioblastoma multiforme; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes and report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: left temporal glioblastoma; head injury; dizziness; depression; weeping; tremors; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient died in hopspital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; weakness; personality change; amnesia; gait disorder; incontinence; vomiting; and tremor. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Autopsy report, correspondence, typed case summary and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; jargon aphasia; facial weakness; and tremor in right arm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.