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Brain Abscess

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 197 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.658, 1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.658
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess; pyogenic encephalitis; headache; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933

PR4.987, 1934-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.987
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report, black-and-white photograph, X-ray films and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: ?cerebral abscess; ?septic sinus thrombosis; epilepsy; and papilloedema. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1956

PR1.1032, 1935-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1032
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, drawings, photographs, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: hallucinations; papilloedema; sinusitis; cerebral abscess; seizures; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1935-1941

PR1.1091, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1091
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: headache; tumour; hydrocephalus; intracranial pressure; and cerebral abscess. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1936

PR1.1304, 1937-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1304
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: aphasia; paralysis; septicaemia; cerebral abscess; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1956

PR1.1358, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1358
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; failure of vision; astrocytoma; papilloedema; meningitis; and brain abscess. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1937

PR1.1450, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1450
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 69 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: rodent ulcer; necrosis; brain abscess; and hemiplegia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR1.1455, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1455
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; bronchiectasis; cerebral abscess; ptosis; and aphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1937

PR1.1531, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1531
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; staggering; mental retardation; cerebral abscess; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1938

PR1.1535, 1936-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1535
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: fits; leptomeningitis; abscesses; ventriculitis; and gunshot wound. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1936-1938