Hydrocephalus

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Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; hydrocephalus; paralysis; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, note, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: external hydrocephalus; emphysema; papilloedema; cerebral thrombophlebitis; and epileptic attack. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, note, report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; and birth trauma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, photograph, reports, charts, autopsy report, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; intracranial thrombosis; Jacksonian epileptic attacks; and intestinal obstruction. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: arrested hydrocephalus; and spastic tetraparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, postmortem report, chart and photograph relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; enlarged head; headaches; meningitis; ventriculitis; arachnoid adhesions; vomiting; gait disorder; weight gain; abdominal pain; intracranial pressure; incontinence; hypertonus; and dysarthria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given....

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Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: post meningic hydrocephalus; wound infection; and meningicoccal meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: internal hydrocephalus; and ependymal cyst. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: increased intracranial pressure; paresis of upper limb; otitis media; external hydrocephalus; and intracranial thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

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Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; chronic arachnoiditis; papilloedema; pleocytosis; adhesive meningitis; neck pain; headache; and nystagmus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.