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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male second lieutenant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; incontinence; memory deterioration; effects of meningicoccal meningitis; organic dementia; fits; and cortical atrophy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; epilepsy; cerebral meningitis; and urinary incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 2 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: enteritis; b. coli; cystitis; diarrhoea; meningismus; vomiting; paraparesis; urinary incontinence; faecal incontinence; spina bifida; and low-grade meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: psychoneurosis; meningitis; lack of bladder control; and subdural granulations. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts and photographs relating to female fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; headache; vomiting; dimness of vision; papilloedema; incontinence; delirium; drowsiness; hydrocephalus; nystagmus; and stiff neck. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, postmortem report, chart and photograph relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; enlarged head; headaches; meningitis; ventriculitis; arachnoid adhesions; vomiting; gait disorder; weight gain; abdominal pain; intracranial pressure; incontinence; hypertonus; and dysarthria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given....

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Notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: facial paresis; incontinence; stupor; cerebral abscess; meningitis; and cerebral thrombophlebitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.