University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary and note relating to male gunner fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: spastic dysarthria; tremor; hypertonus; brain injury; severe head injury; hemiparesis; and personality changes. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 69 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; arterial hypertension; tremor; akinetic Parkinsonism; arteriosclerosis; and personality change. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: parasagittal meningioma; headache; visual disturbances; lassitude; blindness; tremor; weight gain; personality change; incontinence; epilepsy; and fits. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; epilepsy; seizures; confusion; altered behaviour; homonymous hemianopia; drowsiness; hemiparesis; papilloedema; chest infection; gait disorder; and tremor. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.