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:
PR2.20895, 1959-1965
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20895
Scope and Contents
Notes, charts, reports, typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: abscess (right temporal); right-sided otitis media; meningitis; and vomiting. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1959-1965
PR2.21064, 1959
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21064
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; skull fracture; cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea; and meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1959
Procedure drawings, named patient [1], 1939
Item
Identifier: LHB1/61A/94/1/57
Scope and Contents
Series of three illustrations demonstrating a procedure on the brain of a named patient and showing instruments used.
Dates:
1939