University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, charts , autopsy reports and black and white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: double vision; giddiness; headache; stiff neck; vomiting; sleep disturbances; squint in eye; ependymona; loss of conscienceness; fits; glandular mass on neck; lack of energy; dysarthria; difficultly with vision; difficultly swallowing; weight loss; facial weakness; and homonymous...

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Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, drawings and black and white photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 31 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: tiredness; weight loss; nausea; giddiness; headache; vomiting; constipated; diplopia; unsteadiness; intracranial pressure; glioblastoma; mitoses; astrocytoma; malignant metaplasia; and secondary pneumonia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, photographs and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headache; vomiting; tiredness; somnolence; papilloedema; and weight loss. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, drawing, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar abscess; vomiting; weight loss; unsteadiness; dizziness; and vertigo. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: diplopia; personality change; papilloedema; headache; nausea; vomiting; weight loss; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports, charts, note and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; weight loss; secondary cerebral tumour; dysarthria; ependymoma; increased intracranial tension; papilloedema; facial palsy; deteriorating vision; and drop foot. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes, charts, black and white photograph and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: gastric peristalsis; loss of weight; and vomiting. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: weight loss; headache; vomiting; weakness; subdural haematoma; and excessive use of alcohol. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, reports, charts and negatives relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: weight loss; fever; vomiting; headache; intracranial pressure; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.