Hydrocephalus

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, autopsy report and black-and-white photograph relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; tense fontanelle (anterior); and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy reports, correspondence, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: progressive hydrocephalus; chronic subdural hygroma; epilepsy; and inability to walk. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Charts, correspondence, typed case summary, reports and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: mild degree of communicating hydrocephalus; head injury; drowsiness; papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, notes, charts, autopsy report and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: bronchial carcinoma; secondary deposit in brain and suprarenal; communicating hydrocephalus; and frontal headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports, charts and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: right cerebellar haematoma of uncertain origin; ?birth injury; hydrocephalus; and lethargy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence, typed case summary, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; head injury; headache; and vomiting. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; occipital meningocoele; and anaemia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: ?hydrocephalus; twitching of right side of the body; and diarrhoea. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: lumbar myelomeningocoele; progressive hydrocephalus; paraparesis; and patulous anus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy reports, black-and-white photographs, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: occipital meningocoele; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.