Brain Diseases

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: brainstem degenerative process; ataxia; unsteady gait; and nystagmus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; hypertension; vascular disease; dementia; and diffuse cortical degeneration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and cortical atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and degenerative changes in the cerebrum. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, note and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; virus encephalitis; brainstem lesion; midbrain tumour; paresis of abduction of eye; diplopia; unstable gait; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; acute thoracic compression; hydrocephalus; cerebral gliotic lesion; cranio-cervical cutaneous ecchymosis; and subconjunctival haemorrhage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral tumour; vascular lesion; papilloedema; headache; incontinence; vomiting; and metabolic disorder. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Chart, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; and brain damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; homonymous hemianopia; mitral stenosis; cerebral embolus; and brain stem lesion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, note, reports and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; intellectually retarded; dyslalia; and cerebral atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.