Meningitis

Typed case summary, charts, death certificate, autopsy report, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; failure of vision; headache; vomiting; fits; hydrocephalus; and intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; diplopia; headache; vomiting; dizziness; papilloedema; and oligodendroglioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: headache; papilloedema; intracranial pressure; and meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (excluding Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; tinnitus; unsteadiness; headache; vomiting; and oligodendroglioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: encephalocele; and leptomeningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: earache; nystagmus; labyrinthitis; headache; intracranial pressure; fits; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, reports, photographs, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 0 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: porencephaly; meningitis; and subdural haematoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; and haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart and autopsy report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; papilloedema; and glioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; facial pain; eye pain; trigeminal neuralgia; and meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.