Meningitis

Typed case summary, black-and-white photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: post-meningitis hydrocephalus; ataxia; spasticity; and weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient aged 3 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; hydrocephalus; intellectual deficiency; and ataxia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; hydrocephalus; and brain damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; unsteadiness; deafness; hydrocephalus; syphilis; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 35 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: eye pain; subdural abscess; and meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; headache; failure of vision; and meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; diplopia; back pain; scoliosis; cyst; and syringomyelia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, notes, press clippings and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: headache; meningitis; and encephalitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; headache; vomiting; intracranial pressure; seizures; and tuberculoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; papilloedema; and medulloblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.