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, 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.

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.

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.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: bronchogenic carcinoma; cerebral metastases; headache; weight loss; papilloedema; hemiparesis; and increased intracranial tension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.