University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Typed case summary, chart, note, photograph, correspondence and autopsy report relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hand tremor; olfactory aura; facial paresis; glioblastoma multiforme; glioblastoma; anosmia; homonomous hemianopia; defective memory; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: haematoma; headache; sleeplessness; haemorrhoids; constipation; anaemia; stiffness; vomiting; diplopia; papilloedema; neoplasms; glioblastoma; mitoses; necrosis; lipophages; and vision impairment. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and black and white photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 3 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headaches; sickness; staggering; squint; giddy; blind; glioma; glioblastoma; and brain stem tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, black and white photographs, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 62 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: giddiness; weakness of motor and sensory functions; headache; fit; vomiting; difficulty swallowing; and glioblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; meningitis; hydrocephalus; headache; cyst; astrocytoma; and glioblastoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, correspondence, charts, autopsy report and photographs relating to male lieutenant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: giddiness; headache; vomiting; aphasia; diplopia; homonymous hemianopia; confusion; primary malignant brain tumour; and glioblastoma multiforme. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 30 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; headache; vomiting; and somnolence. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: frontal headaches; vomiting; inabilty to concentrate; homonymous hemianopia; abscess; and glioblastoma multiforme. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; intracranial pressure; and glioblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.