University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male lance corporal from outside Great Britain aged 27 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; loss of vision; dizziness; headache; post-traumatic personality deterioration; anxiety neurosis; insomnia; and post traumatic epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to malecorporal fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: psycho-motor epilepsy; personality deterioration; dimness of vision; and petit mal. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 55 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: tight feeling in head; head injury; concussion; headache; gait disorder; vision disorder; personality change; tiredness; high blood pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports; photographs and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: compound depressed fracture of sinus; head injury; headache; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; personality change; slurred speech; blurred vision; and staggering gait. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to female aircraftwoman from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; severe contusional brain damage; residual severe nominal aphasia and personality changes; and vision troubles. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: desseminated lesions of central nervous system; demylinating disease; pain; gait disorder; headaches; dizziness; vision disorder; amnesia; personality change; head injury; and hypoaesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; astrocytoma; gastritis; vomiting; headaches; vision disorder; personality change; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; clonic tonic fits; tumour; cerebral atrophy; headache; asthenia; hair loss; weight loss; vision disorders; and personality change. Nonsurgical 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, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 75 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; deafness; deterioration of eyesight; and personality change. No treatment given. Patient discharged.