Brain Abscess

Scope and Contents Typed case summary and notes relating to male pensioner from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy (probably post-traumatic); possibly abscess from penetrating gunshot wound; headache; and intellectual and emotional deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, report, correspondence, autopsy report and black-and-white photograph relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess and oedema; pulmonary abscess; giddiness; and vertex headaches. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to male airman from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; left cerebral abscess; central atrophy; and mental deterioration. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary relating to male prisoner of war from outside Great Britain aged 44 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: staphylococcal septicaemia with intracranial abscess formation; embolic abscess in left hemisphere; and right hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male sailor from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis with incipient brain abscess; left hemiparesis; and delirium. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess; headache; hemiparesis; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; cerebral abscesses; aphasia; and headache. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; dizziness; fits; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to head; brain abscess; weakness in knee; and frontal headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

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