Hydrocephalus

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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.

Typed case summary, chart, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: spasticity of limbs; mental retardation; thoracic kypho-scoliosis; hydrocephalus; and spina bifida. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; Arnold Chiari malformation; facial weakness; strabismus; and porencephalic cyst. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, photographs, autopsy report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; meningitis; and spina bifida. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; meningitis; fits; and basal arachnoiditis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, photographs and charts relating to male patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: diffuse astrocytoma; headache; vomiting; papilloedema; internal hydrocephalus; and choreiform movements. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, x-ray films, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; papilloedema; birth trauma; headache; head injury; partial deafness; and optic atrophy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to male patientfromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: paralysis; hydrocephalus; developmental abnormality; Arnold-Chiari syndrome; and thoracic meningo-myelocele. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, reports and photographs relating to female fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: arterio-venous malformations; hydrocephalus; diplopia; fits; aqueduct stenosis; amenorrhea; epileptic manifestations; and turns of unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.