Menopause
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: The last menstrual period. Permanent cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) is usually defined after 6 to 12 months of AMENORRHEA in a woman over 45 years of age. In the United States, menopause generally occurs in women between 48 and 55 years of age.
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
PR4.585, 1958-1975
Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/4/PR4.585
Scope and Contents
Case summaries, correspondence, reports, notes, health visitor report and chart relating to female housewife from south west Edinburgh aged 27 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary tuberculosis; and early...
Dates:
1958-1975
PR4.2440, 1933
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2440
Scope and Contents
Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 43 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: mild epidemic encephalitis; eye pain; giddiness; and menopause. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1933