University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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.

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.

Typed case summary, chart, report, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; weight loss; haemorrhage; and glioblastoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; anorexia; weight loss; confusion; headache; irritability; and memory loss. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, report and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: right parietal glioblastoma; dizziness; anxiety; gait disorder; weakness; and weight loss. No treatment given. Patient discharged.