University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; weight loss; diplopia; personality change; hydrocephalus; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; numbness; diplopia; weight loss; abscess; and septicaemia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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, 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, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: loss of weight; vomiting; dizziness; and photophobia. 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 30 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: headache; photophobia; weight loss; and facial asymmetry. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 27 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: tumourous brain lesion; diplopia; headaches; squint; measles; numbness; weight loss; intracranial tension; pleucytosis; vomiting; incontinence; constipation; homonymous hemianopia; dysphasia; dysgraphia; and venous thrombosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.