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Actions	Brain showing an abscess of the temporal lobe Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.2809 TitleBrain showing an abscess of the temporal lobe DescriptionBrain showing a small abscess of the left temporal lobe, associated with meningitis From a male aged 23 years who had had discharge from his left ear some six years previously, but none recently. Pain in the neck was succeeded in four days by an abscess over the mastoid process. This was opened, but five days later symptoms of meningitis set in. The mastoid air-sinuses were opened but he did not regain consciousness and died the same evening. Post-mortem examination showed basal meningitis and an abscess of the temporal lobe of the brain. While opening the mastoid air-sinuses, perforation occurred through the tegmen tympani and the overlying dura mater, causing septic leptomeningitis which proved fatal. The brain substance at the site of the small left temporal abscess is softened and necrotic. Portions of the temporal lobe have been removed to show its extent. Production periodLate nineteenth/early twentieth century Object nameBRAIN Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions Jar Height: 22 cm Width: 15 cm

Object numberGC.2809

TitleBrain showing an abscess of the temporal lobe

DescriptionBrain showing a small abscess of the left temporal lobe, associated with meningitis From a male aged 23 years who had had discharge from his left ear some six years previously, but none recently. Pain in the neck was succeeded in four days by an abscess over the mastoid process. This was opened, but five days later symptoms of meningitis set in. The mastoid air-sinuses were opened but he did not regain consciousness and died the same evening. Post-mortem examination showed basal meningitis and an abscess of the temporal lobe of the brain. While opening the mastoid air-sinuses, perforation occurred through the tegmen tympani and the overlying dura mater, causing septic leptomeningitis which proved fatal. The brain substance at the site of the small left temporal abscess is softened and necrotic. Portions of the temporal lobe have been removed to show its extent.

Production periodLate nineteenth/early twentieth century

Object nameBRAIN

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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