Headache

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: occipital meningocoele; slight hydrocephalus; headache; and vomiting. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, notes, charts, reports and typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: left temporal malignant astrocytoma; severe right frontal headache; weakness of right leg; and change of personality. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: cervical osteoarthritis; neck pain; drowsiness; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar abscess; occipital headache; dizziness; and left-sided facial paralysis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence, reports, typed case summary, charts and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage of unknown origin; severe bifrontal headache; stiff neck; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 78 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: facial pain; right frontal headache; neck pain; and arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy (not yet diagnosed); splitting headache; slurring of speech; and incontinence of urine. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: extradural haemorrhage; headache; head injury; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar astrocytoma; intermittent headaches; vomiting; and bilateral papilledema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, autopsy reports, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: malignant right temporal glioma; left-sided headache; epilepsy; and left hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.