Disorders of Excessive Somnolence

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male sapper from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 30 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: defective vision; polyuria; twitching in thumb; giddy attacks; pathological adiposity; epilepsy; migraine; pathological somnolence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, charts, nurses' report book, drawings, reports, and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: headache; pineal tumour; somnolence; and strabismus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, charts, nurses' report book, drawing and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: headache; hemiparesis; somnolence; petit mal; and meningioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, nurses' report book, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 73 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: headache; failure of vision; hemianopia; somnolence; and adenoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar ataxia; vomiting; somnolence; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: somnolence; tremor; exhaustion; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 33 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fatigue; diabetes insipidus; somnolence; meningitis; hydrocephalus; and acoustic neuroma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report and photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: somnolence; headache; vomiting; hydrocephalus; intracranial pressure; carcinoma; and brain abscess. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: strabismus; somnolence; vomiting; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 6 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; hypersomnia; brain injury; and petit mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.