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11.1 Female, Single, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, Low grade mental defective, November 1945
"This woman was admitted to CR and diagnosed as senility. History of meningitis at 2 - speech and gait affected, mentality of a child of 4, could not dress herself; in bed last two years, has had a stroke, incontinent and paralysed. Parents dead - mother senile before death, father was a farmer. Two surviving sisters, three others died young of croup, TB and meningitis. Home conditions good, harmonious."
3.23 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, June 1947
"Meningitis 6 years ago, getting increasingly deaf since, but M[ental] D[efective] anyhow. Has minor fits - loses consciousness for a few minutes and becomes rigid. Associated with her periods. Does not get a proper wage but seem squite satisfied - working in the Convalescent Home. Sister, very timid, living with her. Parents dead? [Female informant] considered that there was an hysterical element in the family. Seen by PSW."
12.44 Female, Single, 15-24 yrs, Low grade mental defective, February 1946
"This girl is on the list of defectives. Nurse says she had meningitis and now just sits doing nothing."
Relatives in survey: 12.45
17.40 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Epilepsy, September 1946
"Epileptic, fits fairly often. Said to have had meningitis. Nurse does not think fits are typically epilpetic."
Relatives in survey: Father 17.41
44.53 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Maladjusted child, July 1945
"IQ 76. Not good enought to sit the control exam. Drifts about from place to place. A bully. May have had meningitis."
Relatives in survey: 44.51, 44.52
Cicatricial Obstruction at Foramen of Monro, c.1930
C.S.F. Circulation: Case of pouch of cisterna ambiens - post-meningitic, c.1950
Demonstration board, Board 10, presented by Professor Dott and Staff with an illustration of a child's brain showing condition, an x-ray of a young patient's head and a photographic print of a cross-section of a brain. Notes accompanying the board provide limited further detail on the case. Titled "C.S.F. Circulation: Subarachnoid Fluid Propulsion and Accumulations".
C.S.F. Circulation: Case of spinal ependymoma, c.1950
Demonstration board, Board 7, presented by Professor Dott and Staff with five photographic prints: two x-rays of the brain, one x-ray of the spine, one photograph of a brain section, and one photograph of human tissue, possibly spinal. Notes accompanying the board describe the case. Titled "C.S.F. Circulation: Subarachnoid Fluid Propulsion and Accumulations".
C.S.F. Circulation: Case of Subarachnoid pouch of cisterna magna, c.1950
Demonstration board, Board 5, presented by Professor Dott and Staff with two illustrations of the brain by Hester Thom, one labelled normal, and one drawing of a patient's condition by Clifford Shepley. Notes accompanying the board state: "? reactive meningistis". Titled "C.S.F. Circulation: Subarachnoid Fluid Propulsion and Accumulations".
C.S.F. Circulation: Case of sylvian pouch formation in adult, c.1950
Demonstration board, Board 12, presented by Professor Dott and Staff with an illustration by Ann L. Brown relating to the case, and two x-rays of a patient's brain. Notes accompanying the board give further information on the case and treatment. Titled "C.S.F. Circulation: Subarachnoid Fluid Propulsion and Accumulations".