Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma of pons; hydrocephalus; multiple cranial nerve palsies; brainstem glioma; drowsiness; incontinence; facial paresis; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.