Brain Abscess

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, reports, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess; otitis media; meningitis; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, correpondence, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: temporal lobe abscess; chronic otitis media; and increased intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, reports, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: brain abscess; cerebral mycotic aneurysm; and intracerebral clot. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: raised intracranial pressure; dermoid cyst; and cerebral abscess. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, x-ray film and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; meningitis; and brain abscesses. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, autopsy report, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cholesteatoma; otitis media; and cerebellar abscess. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, drawings, autopsy reports and black-and-white photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: decerebrate fits; brain abscess; and Fallot's Tetralogy. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar abscess; papilloedema; and drowsiness. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, autopsy reports, notes, reports, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hemiplegia; cortical vein thrombosis; and cerebellar abscess. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Scope and Contents Typed case summary, notes, reports, autopsy report, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; brain abscess; and encephalitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.