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Lung Abscess

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.506, 1940-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/1/PR1.506
Scope and Contents Case summary relating to male Pte. 10th Bn. Medical Corps (Polish) aged 18 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: haemoptysis, tuberculosis L2s, abscess of the lung. No family history of tuberculosis. Surgical treatment given, including artificial pneumothorax....
Dates: 1940-1942

PR3.1881, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1881
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, correspondence, autopsy report and black-and-white photograph relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess and oedema; pulmonary abscess; giddiness; and vertex headaches. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR4.1439, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.1439
Scope and Contents Case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female housewife from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 61 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pleural thickening and pulmonary markings likely due to old pneumonia and...
Dates: 1958

PR2.18913, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18913
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, typed case summary, charts, autopsy report and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; multiple lung abscesses; photophobia; and left hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1958