Hemianopsia

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 and charts relating to male signalman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to skull; resultant recurrent bacillus pyocyaneus meningitis; spastic hemiparesis; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts and drawing relating to male airman from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: injuries from revolving airscrew; traumatic amputation of left forearm; compound depressed fracture of skull; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: bullet wound to skull and brain; gross residual disabilities such as aphasia and hemianopia; and emotional disturbance. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 38 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fungus cerebri; cerebral abscess; depressed fracture of skull; shrapnel wounds to head, back, and left leg; and complete right homonymous hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to head; right homonymous hemianopia; brain damage; and hysterical prolongation of difficulty in reading. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to the head (left post-frontal region); motor aphasia; right homonymous hemianopia; and intracerebral haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male pensioner from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to head (left parietal region); complete right homonymous hemianopia; and intellectual impairment. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male brewery labourer from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to the head; severe spastic hemiparesis; left homonymous hemianopia; and skull defect. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, report and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to the head (right temporo-occipital region); large bone defect; left homonymous hemianopia; and wound infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.