Intracranial Hypertension

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, drawing and correspondence relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1940 Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; vision disorder; tuberculosis; papilloedema; intercranial hypertension; cerebellar tuberculoma; and blindness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; sick feeling; sound in right ear; giddiness; drowsy; intracranial tension; and cerebral abscess. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and chart relating to maleprivate from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; facial paresis; paresis of right arm; early papilloedema; cerebral contusion; and increased intercranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, notes and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) first examined in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?cerebral hypertension; headaches; deterioration of vision; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes and black and white photos relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: banged head on door; frontal headaches; peculiar behaviour; smells burning; not seeing as well with left eye; photophobia; staggering; vomiting; drowsiness; unconscious; intracranial hypertension; hypertonus of all four limbs; chronic subdural haematoma; and malignant glioma. Surgical treatment...

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, report, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: spongioblastoma; headache; hypertonus; glioblastoma; and intracranial hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; headache; vomiting; and intracranial hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 34 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; vomiting; incontinence; headache; and intracranial hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 70 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; and high blood pressure. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: Hodgkin's disease; meningioma; headache; intracranial hypertension; and backache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.