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, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; memory loss; papilloedema; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, correspondence, autopsy reports and black and white photographs and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: neuritis; head injury; headaches; vomiting; loss of vision; fatigue; forgetful; pituitary epidermoid tumour; craniopharyngioma; somnolence; and infantilism. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, charts, black and white photographs and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 43 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: blurring of vision; headache; sick; dyslexia; poor memory; unconsciousness; angioplastic meningioma; facial weakness; and dysphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; vomiting; fainting; fatigue; memory disorder; and intracranial pressure. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, chart, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headache; vomiting; olfactory hallucinations; and memory defect. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: weight gain; memory lapses; vomiting; hydrocephalus; cyst; and craniopharyngioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, drawing, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; memory difficulty; meningioma; fits; and cerebral thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, newspaper cutting and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 36 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; astrocytoma; vomiting; memory disorder; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; headache; weight loss; memory defect; unsteadiness; and carcinoma metastasis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.