Hydrocephalus

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; vomiting; birth trauma; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: meningocele; paralysis; hydrocephalus; and Arnold Chiari malformation. No 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, chart, report, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: headache; weight gain; spastic paresis; hydrocephalus; and spongioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 0 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: meningocele; infection; meningomyelocele; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; myelocele; paralysis; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: blindness; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; gait disorder; adhesive meningitis; mental retardation; and spastic paresis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: wound infection; hydrocephalus; leptomeningitis; and headache. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.