University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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, 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, 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, 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.