University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: aphasia; papilloedema; spastic hemiparesis; vomiting; limb weakness; hemianopia; and infiltrating glioma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; unsteadness; vomiting; intracranial pressure; metastatic carcinoma; and glioma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence, charts, reports, x-ray packet, black-and-white photographs, autopsy report and neuropathology report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: headache, giddiness; vomiting; papilloedema; malignant glioma; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports and x-rays relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: diffuse glioma; vision disorders; diplopia; squint; headache; dizziness; vomiting; gait disorder; shakiness; intracranial pressure; measles; whooping cough; and brainstem lesion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence, notes, charts, reports, autopsy report and photograph relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 39 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; reading difficulties; hemianopsia; numbness; gait disorder; hemiplegia; drowsiness; headache; vomiting; incontinence; apathy; and intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence, notes, charts, typed case summary and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar glioma, probably astrocytic; fronto-temporal headaches; vomiting; and bilateral papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, black-and-white photograph, typed case summary, autopsy reports, charts, reports and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: glioma (astrocytoma, left basal nuclear); vomiting; personality changes; and dyspepsia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: malignant tumour (right parietal); paraesthesiae in fingers; weakness in left arms; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, autopsy report, notes and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma (left fronto-parietal); epilepsy; vomiting; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma (right fronto-parietal); headache; vomiting; and left facial weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.