Nystagmus, Pathologic

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: organic lesion of upper brain stem (nature not diagnosed); nystagmus; visual hallucinations; and weakness of right arm and of right leg. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male pensioner from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; ataxia; nystagmus; and retrobulbar optic neuritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: major epilepsy; nystagmus; and diplopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: calcified lesion of left-temporal lobe causing epilepsy; chronic abscess in lumbar region; "attacks of giddiness"; and nystagmus. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: tangential bullet wound in occipital region; penetrating wound in chest; right homonymous hemianopia; and nystagmus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; right facial paralysis; diplopia; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and autopsy report relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 45 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: pneumococcal meningitis; comatose state; neck stiffness; and nystagmus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male bank clerk from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to the left-mastoid region with retained foreign bodies; recurrent diplopia; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic nerve deafness; old corneal opacity of unknown aetiology; mild anxiety state; and slight nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to head (right frontal region); scalp neuritis; epilepsy; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.