Hemianopsia

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Typed case summary and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: mortar wound of head; residual altitudinal hemianopia; skull defect; and slight changes of mood. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; migraines; hemianopia; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, charts and report relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: acute multiloculated abscess in right temporal lobe; left flaccid hemiparesis; left hemianopia; and drowsiness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, drawing and chart relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating wound in right parietal region with severe residual disabilities; memory retention defect; left homonymous hemianopia; and neglect of left arm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male airman from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: mortar fragment wound of head; fracture of skull; considerable damage to underlying brain; and right hemianopia. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary relating to male airman from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: left occipital, parietal and temporal tumour; glioblastoma; hemianopia; and ataxia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: through-and-through bullet wound to the brain; residual left homonymous hemianopia; post-traumatic personality change; and post-traumatic amnesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, X-ray films, photographs, notes, autopsy report, charts, correspondence and report relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating mortar wound to left occipito-parietal region with severe residual difficulties; dysphasia; intermittent meningitis; and right-sided hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several...

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Typed case summary, charts and report relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound in skull and left temporal region; dysphasia; right hemiparesis; and hemianopsia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound of neck and skull; numbness; dysarthria; and left homonymous hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.