Arachnoiditis

Scope and Contents Copies of a paper by Norman Dott, 'Chronic arachnoiditis and hydrocephalus in the surgical management of acoustic tumours - a plea for early operation'. The paper is as delivered, as corrected as submitted for publication. See reference Harris 63 in Coll-32/A.3.

Scope and Contents Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 25 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: chronic arachnoiditis; headache; meningitis; obesity; and intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, reports, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 11 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: headache; aqueduct stenosis; chronic cisternal arachnoiditis; ataxia; hypermetria; obesity; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, reports, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 16 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: headache; chronic cisternal arachnoiditis; hydrocephalus; intracranial pressure; and chronic pericerebellar leptomeningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 9 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hydrocephalus; hypotonia; and arachnoiditis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; and arachnoiditis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts and report relating to maledriver fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: gross atrophy of leg muscles; drop foot; chronic cystic arachnoiditis; progressive lower neuron paralysis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, drawing, charts and note relating to malesecond lieutenant fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: backache; anaesthesia; hyperaesthesia; radiculitis of thoracic spinal roots; fracture of thoracic vertebrae; and arachnoiditis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female from outside Great Britain aged 48 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; headache; facial weakness; and arachnoiditis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: aphasia; numbness; arachnoiditis; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.