Meningitis

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; facial palsy; convulsions; otitis media; facial twitch; and abscess. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar abscesses; headache; unsteadiness; papilloedema; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; skull fracture; facial palsy; and meningitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, drawing, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: congential cyst; hydrocephalus; meningitis; and spasticity. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fit; hemiparesis; nystagmus; and cerebrospinal meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: meningoencephalitis; hemiparesis; meningitis; and fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) first examined in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; craniopharyngioma; meningoencephalitis; colloid cyst; meningitis; and venous thrombosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess; depressed fracture of skull; paresis; subdural haematoma; headache; vomiting; hydrocephalus; meningitis; nystagmus; facial weakness; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: septicaemia; meningitis; pansinusitus; headaches; facial pain; retrobular neuritis; bilateral blindness; optic atrophy; and bronchopneumonia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.