Abstract
Cerebral complications following typhoid fever are rare, and although cases of meningitis, hemorrhage, thrombosis, embolism, encephalitis and psychosis are reported in the literature, only 1 case of abscess of the brain proved to be due to Bacillus typhosus was discovered at autopsy. For this reason the following case is reported. REPORT OF A CASE History. —F. L., a French Canadian aged 21, was admitted to the Montreal Neurological Institute on April 9, 1941, with the complaints of headache, nausea and vomiting for four months and visual failure and aphasia for three months. He had been in good health until August 1940, when he was admitted to the Hotel-Dieu in a semiconscious state. The diagnosis of typhoid fever was established at this time. He was discharged on November 14, and shortly after returning home began to complain of generalized headache, which gradually increased in severity. About this time he became aware
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