Disorders of Excessive Somnolence

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, tracer card and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: headache; spasticity; hypersomnia; interrupted cerebral development; and chronic schizophrenia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: back injury; backache; sleepiness; headache; and encephalitis lethargica. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: midbrain tumour; frontal headaches; pyelitis; oedema of face and ankles; double vision; personality change; gait disorder; drowsiness; papilloedema; and hypertension. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report and chart relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; headaches; sleep disorder; amnesia; weakness; nausea; depression; and hydrocelphalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correpsondence, notes and chart relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: essential arterial hypertension; pain in renal area; tiredness; and dizziness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: hypertensive polycythaemia; obesity; tiredness; breathlessness; headaches; and weight gain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female from outside Great Britain aged 60 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: agromegaly; facial pain; tiredness; deepening of voice; and increased feet size. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: Cushings syndrome; tiredness; headaches; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed correspondence and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: Postencephaletic Parkinsonism; spasms; headaches; and sleep disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: somnolence; and Wernicke's encephalitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.