Meningitis

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: fits; arterio-venous malformation; subarachnoid haemorrhage; hemiparesis; thrombophlebitis; aphasia; epileptic attacks; headache; meningitis; wound infection; and facial weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: increased intracranial pressure; and infective meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to female patientfromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: pinealoblastoma; aqueduct stenosis; meningitis; vomiting; headache; ataxia; hydrocephalus; and arachnoiditis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, note, chart and reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: streptococcal meningitis; cerebral thrombophlebitis; facial weakness; limb weakness; fits; epilepsy; and stiff neck. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: transverse myelitis; paravertebral infection; thrombophlebtitis; back pain; numbness; paralysis; and pachymeningitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; fractured arm; head injury; hypertonic limbs; leptomeningitis; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fracture of skull opening into left frontal sinus; meningitis; leakage of cerebral spinal fluid; and vomiting. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: staphylococcal meningitis with cerebral abscess; headache; and suppurative otitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary and charts relating to male signalman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: penetrating gunshot wound to skull; resultant recurrent bacillus pyocyaneus meningitis; spastic hemiparesis; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.