Hydrocephalus

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports, drawings and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: dyspnoea; blurred vision; headaches; papilloedema; subacute diffuse hydrocephalus; and epileptic attack. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, autopsy report, notes, charts, and black-and-white photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; ataxia; nystagmus; acoustic neuroma; apnoea; palsies; broncho-pneumonia; tumour; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: lumbo-sacral myelomeningocele; paraplegia; hydrocephalus; brain damage; and spina bifida. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; hypertensive; dizziness; venous thrombosis; headache; hydrocephalus; and oedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; and mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, reports, charts, notes and x-ray films relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: aqueduct stenosis; haematoma; arachnoiditis; and abscess. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, notes, reports, autopsy report, charts, correspondence and black-and-white photographs relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; cerebral abnormalities; and cyst. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: anencephalic defects; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; porencephalic cyst; epilepsy; and hydrocephalous. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, autopsy report, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: acustic neuroma; suboccipital cyst; arachnoiditis; hydrocephalus; and broncho-pheumonia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hosptial.