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Meningitis

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Inflammation of the coverings of the brain and/or spinal cord, which consist of the PIA MATER; ARACHNOID; and DURA MATER. Infections (viral, bacterial, and fungal) are the most common causes of this condition, but subarachnoid hemorrhage ( HEMORRHAGES, SUBARACHNOID), chemical irritation (chemical MENINGITIS), granulomatous conditions, neoplastic conditions ( CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS), and other inflammatory conditions may produce this syndrome. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 505 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.20635, 1959-1967

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20635
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, X-ray films, black-and-white photographs, autopsy report, charts, reports, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; bilateral papilloedema; vomiting; and chronic meningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after several admissions.

Dates: 1959-1967
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.20784, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20784
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis otogenic; pain and paraesthesiae in thighs; paraplegia; and severe headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.20895, 1959-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20895
Scope and Contents

Notes, charts, reports, typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: abscess (right temporal); right-sided otitis media; meningitis; and vomiting. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1965
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.21064, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21064
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; skull fracture; cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea; and meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

Procedure drawings, named patient [1], 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1/61A/94/1/57
Scope and Contents

Series of three illustrations demonstrating a procedure on the brain of a named patient and showing instruments used.

Dates: 1939
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / Department of Surgical Neurology Papers / Professor Norman Dott: Medical Illustrations and Demonstration Boards / Illustrations and diagrams