Meningitis in Childhood

case as we see it in the child of school age and also mentions the high inciden0^, convulsions in infancy and the difficulty of diagnosis in the more chronic type of ^^ ingococcal meningitis. Reference to modern standard text-books shows a uniformity in the clinical description, " The onset of the disease is generally su ^ and is characterized by vomiting, headache, sometimes pain in the back, temped i I02?-I04?. There may be convulsions at the onset. From the beginning the sig meningitis are generally evident ", etc. (Sheldon). This is a description of men1 coccal meningitis which is familiar in the adult and in the older ages of childhoo > g0