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Typed case summary relating to male flight mechanic fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in1941 Conditions mentioned include: deafness in left ear; headache; dizziness; diplopia; papilloedema; right sided hemi hypoaesthesia; right otitis media; cerebral venous thrombophlebitis; post otitic hydrocephalus; ocular paraesis; and hysterical neurosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and note relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: intracerebral abscess; right hemiparesis; meningitis; thrombophlebitis, dysphasia; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; Arnold-Chiari malformation; fits; meningitis; ventriculitis; meningocele; hydrocephalus; and thrombophlebitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; cerebral thrombophlebitis; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged

Typed case summary, reports, charts and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: otitis media; vomiting; papilloedema; headache; lumbar pain; confusion; intracranial pressure; photophobia; cerebellar ataxia; intracranial thrombophlebitits; TB meningitis; hydrocephalus; B. Pyocyaneus meningitis; and hemiballismus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, note, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: external hydrocephalus; emphysema; papilloedema; cerebral thrombophlebitis; and epileptic attack. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: external hydrocephalus; and aseptic thrombophelbitis of saggital sinus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, photographs, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; thrombophlebitis; meningococcal meningitis; and raised intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: pneumonococcal meningitis; brain damage; physical disability; epilepsy; seizures; hydrocephalus; thrombopheblitis; and mental backwardness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: post traumatic cerebral thrombophlebitis; hydrocephalus; head injury; headache; sixth nerve paresis; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.