Acute cerebral meningitis, or hydrocephalus / by C. Evans Reeves.

  • Reeves, C. E. (Charles Evans), 1828-1880.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Acute cerebral meningitis, or hydrocephalus / by C. Evans Reeves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The following table will show the ages and sex of 338 cases collected and observed by myself, and the relative liability for 34 periods of life. Males. Before 3 months, — From 3 to 6 months, 6 6 to 9 9 to 12 12 to 15 15 to 18 18 to 21 21 to 24 24 to 27 27 to 30 30 to 33 33 to 36 ' 3 to » 4 to ' 5 to ' 6 to 7 to 8 ' 8 to 9 ' 9 tolO ' 10 to 11 ' 11 to 12 ' 12 to 13 ' 13 to 14 ' 14 to 15 ' 15 to 18 ' 18 to 21 ' 21 to 24 ' 24 to 27 ' 27 to 30 ' 30 to 35 ' 35 to 40 ' 40 to 50 ' 50 to 60 Beyond 60 7 8 9 6 7 7 8 4 3 6 years, 18 8 8 16 10 11 8 3 1 4 5 3 5 9 u 2 ........ 3 5 3 2 3 4 5 Females. 2 .. 3 .. 3 .. 4 2 5 .. 3 .. 2 2 2 .. 4 .. 12 7 .. 6 6 .. 7 5 .. 3 3 4 7 .. 5 2 2 3 2 .. 3 1 .. 3 1 1 .. 2 7 Total. 0 8 10 11 13 _ 1st year, 35 cases. 12 10 10 1 6 5 10 30 15 14 22 17 16 11 6 5 13 10 5 7 12 4 6 6 6 3 4 6 12 _ 2nd year, 43 cases. 3rd year, 31 cases. 212 126 344 III. Influence of the Seasons.—Cheyne considered that the disease was more common in summer than at any other period of the year. Of the 22 cases in which he has stated the time when the disease occurred, 2 were observed in the first 3 months of the year, 8 during the second, 7 during the third, and 5 during the fourth. In 1807-8, when measles was very fatal, he attended 5 cases of this disease in the montlis of April, May, and June, all of which occurred soon after the eruption had declined. Jadelot* and Piet are also of tlie same opinion. The latter author states, that 12 out of the 24 cases which he observed, occurred in the summer months. In the table which he has given of the cases which he collected and observed, the greatest number, however, occun-ed during the first 3 months of the year. ]\Iaunthncr consi- ders that diseases of the brain are more common among children in June, July, and August, than in any other months. From the examination of the table given in his work of the number of cases admitted into the hospital during 6 years, in January, 91 entered ; * Jour, de M6d., an xiv.