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, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 14 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; losing weight; encephalitis; dizzy; and hemi-hypoaesthesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; sweating; headache; and loss of weight. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 3 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headaches; vomiting; weight loss; temperamental change; and concussion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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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, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: weight loss; vomiting; headache; polyuria; diabetes insipidus; and pinealoma. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

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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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Case summary relating to male patient from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 5 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: losing weight, sickness and vomiting. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

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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.