University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, charts, notes, autopsy report and photograph relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headache; vomiting; photophobia; and confusion. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: slowness; forgetfulness; disorientation; loss of power in both legs; lowering of speech to a whisper; headache; sickness; intracerebral lesion; oedema; and glioma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: chromophobe adenoma; headache; confusion; vomiting; cyst; failure of vision; and vascular accident. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital following several admissions.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 17 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; delerium; incontinence of uring and faeces; subarachnoid haemorrhage; and aneurysm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; confusion; colliod cyst; and epileptic fit. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: neoplasm; headache; confusion; vomiting; and carcinoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: mental confusion; vomiting; and glioblastoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: large arterovenous malformation; headache; vomiting; confusion; double vision; subarachanoid haemorrhage; aneurysm; and bruit. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, photograph, autopsy report, charts, reports, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; limb spasticity; basal ganglia tumour; headache; vomiting; papilloedema; drowsiness; confusion; hemiparesis; incontinence; dysphasia; Addison's disease; secondary tumours in brain and adrenal glands; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment...

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Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; pre-eclampsia; vomiting; papilloeddema; confusion; tuberculoma; tuberculosis meningitis; diplopia; incontinence; and facial weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.