University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; loss of consciousness; poor vision; noise in ear; fits; apathetic; papilloedema; quadrantic homonymous hemianopia; and astrocytoma. 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 and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; left subdural hygroma; headaches; rigitity of right limbs; unconsciousness; incontinence; apraxia; homogenyous hemianopia; diplopia; insomnia; and arteriosclerosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report, drawings, photographs, and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: arterio-venous anomaly; unconsciousness; vomiting; incontinence; subarachnoid haemorrhage; hemianopia; and dysphasia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, charts, note and photograph relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; coma; headache; papilloedema; homonymous hemianopia; hemiparesis with spasticity; incontinence; facial weakness; and intracranial neoplasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral thrombosis; gliomatous tumour; homonymous hemianopsia; facial weakness; dysrhythmia; headache; attacks of unconsciousness; hemiparesis; and limb weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; focal epileptic attacks; hemianopia; ptosis; unconsciousness; hemiplegia; and disorientation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: arteriosclerotic Parkinsonism; weakness in arm and leg; loss of vision; constipation; vomiting; tremor; head injury; unconsciousness; fractured skull; haemorrhage; amnesia; concussion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem report and photographs relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; hemianopsia; vision disorders; nystagmus; amnesia; tuberculosis spine; and back pain. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, report and postmortem report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; unconsciousness; gait disorder; headache; aphasia; homonymous hemianopia; paresis; and bronchitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.