MENINGITIS, KARL

humorous reference to Karl Augustus Menninger (1893 - 1983), an American psychiatrist, who, with his father, founded the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas in 1920. Menninger produced several writings including The Human Mind (written in 1930). Meningitis is a disease in which the membranes surrounding the brain or spinal cord become inflamed by infection. —9th ACC Volume 3 Approved Glossary

a humorous reference to Karl Menninger (1893-1990), an American psychiatrist. Meningitis is a disease characterized by inflammation of the membranes around the brain or spinal cord accompanied by severe headaches, fever and muscle stiffness in the back and neck.humorous reference to Karl Augustus Menninger (1893 - 1983), an American psychiatrist, who, with his father, founded the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas in 1920. Menninger produced several writings including The Human Mind (written in 1930). Meningitis is a disease in which the membranes surrounding the brain or spinal cord become inflamed by infection.