University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculoma; vomiting; unconsciousness; headache; intracranial pressure; and tuberculosis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: generalised cortical atrophy; fainting; amnesia; unconsciousness; pressure on head; epilepsy; dysrhythmia; and sensory depression. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: fits; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; intracranial pressure; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, charts, note, correspondence, photographs and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: aqueduct stenosis; dysrhythmia; comatose; hypertonus; headache; diplopia; increased intracranial tension; hydrocephalus; and extradural clot. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and report relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 46at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; blackouts; facial weakness; hemiparesis; hypertonus; papilloedema; epileptic attack; increased intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, report, charts and correspodence relating to female fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 59at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: extradural haematoma; coma; spastic quadriplegia; intracranial tension; cerebral vascular accident; and abscess. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, report, photographs and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; intracerebral clot; coma; intracranial pressure; and hepatic fibrosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; intracranial tension; head injury; posterior fossa neoplasm; hydrocephalus; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid bleeding; attack of unconsciousness; headache; and raised intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: brainstem haemorrhage; subdural haematoma; increased intracranial pressure; and unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.