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 and correspondence relating to male corporalfromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: episodes of unconsciousness; nystagmus; amnesia; drowsiness; dimness of vision; and diplopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male aircraftman second classfromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: attacks of unconsciousness; facial weakness; drowsiness; and psychopathic personality. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, autopsy reports and reports relating to female from Scotland ( outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: frontal headache; vomiting; unconsciousness; drowsy; poor concentration and memory; hands weak and shaky; obstructive hydrocephalus; suprasellar cyst; pituitary tumour; adenoma; bitemporal hemianopia; somnolence; and weight loss. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and x-ray films relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: colloidal cyst; drowsiness; headaches; vomiting; speech disorder; amnesia; infection; unconsciousness; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patientfrom Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; unconsciousness; somnolence; compound skull fracture; and brain damage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, photographs, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: aneurysm; loss of consciousness; headache; subarachnoid haemorrhage; stiff neck; papilloedema; drowsiness; brain oedema; and bronchopneumonia.Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: hysterical syndrome; sleep disorder; unconsciousness; diplopia; fainting; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: blackouts; drowsiness; extra-pyramidal hypertonus; ataxia; hemiparesis; dysphasia; and dysrhythmia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male engineer from outside Great Britain aged 21 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy with exaggerated psychopathic personality traits; loss of consciousness; drowsiness; and hyperaesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.