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Meningitis

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Inflammation of the coverings of the brain and/or spinal cord, which consist of the PIA MATER; ARACHNOID; and DURA MATER. Infections (viral, bacterial, and fungal) are the most common causes of this condition, but subarachnoid hemorrhage ( HEMORRHAGES, SUBARACHNOID), chemical irritation (chemical MENINGITIS), granulomatous conditions, neoplastic conditions ( CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS), and other inflammatory conditions may produce this syndrome. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 503 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.19390, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19390
Scope and Contents

Autopsy report, notes, typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic acute meningitis; head injury; subconjunctival haemorrhages; and coma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1958

PR2.19456, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19456
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, reports, typed case summary, autopsy report and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; possibly left cerebral abscess; cerebral arteriosclerosis; and dysphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.19606, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19606
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: possibly T.B. meningitis; dizziness; tinnitus; and diplopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.19952, 1958-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19952
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: headache (cause not yet diagnosed); behaviour abnormalities; lymphocytic meningitis; and neck pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.20138, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20138
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; bifrontal headache; and pyrexia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20334, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20334
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; frontal headache; and neck pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20461, 1950-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20461
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, autopsy report, black-and-white photographs, reports, notes and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: post-encephalitic bilateral parkinsonism; coma; slurred speech; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1963

PR2.20475, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20475
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, autopsy report, reports, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: chronic basal meningitis; thrombophlebitis; frontal headache; and left cerebellar abscess. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20635, 1959-1967

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20635
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, X-ray films, black-and-white photographs, autopsy report, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; bilateral papilloedema; vomiting; and chronic meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Dates: 1959-1967

PR2.20784, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20784
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis otogenic; pain and paraesthesiae in thighs; paraplegia; and severe headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959