Hydrocephalus

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: dorsal meningocele; B coli meningitis; subdural effusions; communicating hydrocephalus; porencephalitic cysts; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: subthalmic tumour; numbness; headache; seizures; vision disorder; nausea; hydrocephalus; papilloedema; and paralysis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, x-ray films, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: post traumatic hydrocephalus; generalised atrophy; head injury; haematoma; cervical spondylosis; optic atrophy; somnolence; euphoria; and extrapyramidal dysarthria. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, photographs, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar abscess; tremor ataxia; ischaemic brainstem lesions; internal hydrocephalus; apnoea; and pyogenic meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cervical meningocele; and arrested hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, report, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: chronic basal meningitis; acute hydrocephalus; and lordosis. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, drawing, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: non communicating hydrocephalus; and ventricular cyst. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; epileptic seizures; and microencephalic idiocy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: congenital deformities of chest, hand and heart; arrested hydrocephalus; and megacephaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, charts and negatives relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: weight loss; fever; vomiting; headache; intracranial pressure; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.