University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, charts, drawing and correspondence relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; vision disorder; tuberculosis; papilloedema; intercranial hypertension; cerebellar tuberculoma; and blindness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and photographs relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: headache; loss of vision; intracranial pressure; seizures; blindness; cyst; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; headache; craniopharyngiomas; and blindness. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 66 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: diminishing eyesight; numbness; progressive blindness; and tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: leg pain; unsteadiness; weakness; anaemia; neuro-syphilis; spasticity; poor memory; disseminated sclerosis; loss of sight; bilateral optic atrophy; and haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; blindness; ptosis; hemiparesis; visual loss; and work accident. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe; adenoma; loss of sexual function; sleep disorders; weight gain; vision disorders; blindness; polydipsia; and polyuria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: optic atropsy; failure of vision; blindness; and leukaemia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died on second admission.

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Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 8 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; blindness; intracranial pressure; failure of vision; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: increase intracranial pressure; headache; bilateral papilloedema; right abducens palsy; paresis; hypoglossal palsy; fulminating bronchopneumonia; chordoma; blurred vision; blindness; ptosis; obesity; haemorrhage; vomiting; venous sinus thrombosis; arterial hypertension; and carcinoma of the rectum....