Meningitis

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 0 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; myelomeningocoele; leg paralysis; and meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida occulta; enuresis; epilepsy; and meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 1 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; hydrocephalus; sphincteric paresis; and ?meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?myelitis; ?pachymeningitic process; low back pain; and weakness in legs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: optic atrophy; old meningitis; headache; and central scotoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Correspondence relating to female patient. Conditions mentioned include: brain stem lesion; meningitis; ?tuberculoma; and ?brain abscess. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; irritability; delirium tremens; squint; blindness; fractures; dural tears; and streptococcus viridans meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; hydrocephalus; vomiting; fits; ventricular dilation; and gross cerebral damage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Typed case summary, chart, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; brain abscess; meningitis; depression; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: haematoma; head injury; skull fracture; and meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.