Vision Disorders

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headaches; weakness; nausea; dyspepsia; dizziness; amnesia; vision disorders; head injury; and hemianopia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 10 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; gait disorder; seizures; epilepsy; squint; hemiparesis; aphasia; and mutism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: loss of vision; headache; hemianopia; muscle hypotonia; pituitary tumour; chromophobe adenoma; and jaw pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: pain in lower limb; backache; loss of vision; and ataxic gait; and quadrantic hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral tumour; headache; epileptic fits; dizzy turns; and deteriorating vision. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: functional nervous disorder; attacks of unconsciousness; deterioration of memory and vision; headache; vomiting; diplopia; papilloedma; nystagmus; backache; insomnia; depression; lower lumbar disc protrusion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; confusion; and dimness of vision. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; headache; attacks of unconsciousness; and blurred vision. No 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, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; deafness; deteriorating vision; pituitary adenoma; and acromegaly. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.