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 relating to male clerkfromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: headache; pains in arms and legs; tremor; anosmia; and anxiety neurosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and autopsy report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral thrombosis; tremor; anosmia; hemiparesis; hemiplegia; hemianopia; coma; dehydration; ptosis; infarction; and cerebral arterisclerosis. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; low back pain; sciatica; head injury; anosmia; vomiting; vision disorder; Parkinsonism; tremor; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgcal treatment given. Patient discharged.