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Thalidomide

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: A piperidinyl isoindole originally introduced as a non-barbiturate hypnotic, but withdrawn from the market due to teratogenic effects. It has been reintroduced and used for a number of immunological and inflammatory disorders. Thalidomide displays immunosuppressive and anti-angiogenic activity. It inhibits release of TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA from monocytes, and modulates other cytokine action. Created For = LHSA-Gow

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Radial Club Hands Photograph Album-- A-E, c1967-c1982

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Identifier: LHB71/3/1/11
Scope and Contents

Photograph album compiled by Helen J Scott entitled 'Radial Club Hands' with hand chart drawings, patient notes, and photographs used in occupational training sessions with patients with Radial Ray Deficiency. Arranged alphabetically by patient's last name for names beginning with A to E, with photographs showing patients undertaking various activities, including eating, drinking, playing, and knitting.

Dates: c1967-c1982
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Astley Ainslie SMART Centre / Photographic Material / Occupational Therapy Photographs and Albums

Radial Club Hands Photograph Album-- F-Mid, c1967-c1977

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Identifier: LHB71/3/1/12
Scope and Contents

Photograph album compiled by Helen J Scott entitled 'Radial Club Hands' with hand chart drawings, patient notes, and photographs used in occupational training sessions with patients with Radial Ray Deficiency. Arranged alphabetically by patient's last name for names beginning with F to Mid-, with photographs showing patients undertaking various activities, including solving jigsaw puzzles, drawing, beading, cutting, and eating.

Dates: c1967-c1977
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Astley Ainslie SMART Centre / Photographic Material / Occupational Therapy Photographs and Albums

Radial Club Hands Photograph Album-- Mil-W, c1961-c1974

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Identifier: LHB71/3/1/13
Scope and Contents

Photograph album compiled by Helen J Scott entitled 'Radial Club Hands' with hand chart drawings, patient notes, and photographs used in occupational training sessions with patients with Radial Ray Deficiency. Arranged alphabetically by patient's last name for names beginning with Mil- to W, with photographs showing patients undertaking various activities, including beading, stacking objects, writing, and eating.

Dates: c1961-c1974
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Astley Ainslie SMART Centre / Photographic Material / Occupational Therapy Photographs and Albums

Thalidomide - letters, leaflets, photographs, 1963 - 1968

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Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/4/2/12
Scope and Contents A collection of documents, publications, leaflets, photographs and letters regarding the Thalidomide report, 1963-1968 1. House of Commons Official Report, Parlamentary Debates, Friday 8th March 1968 2. The Lady Hoare Thalidomide Appeal Report, Report and Accounts to 1964 3. An Answer to the Resaerch Defence Society's Statement on the Thalidomide Tragedy, a leaflet from the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection, 1963 4. The Thalidomide Tragedy, What is...
Dates: 1963 - 1968
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Vivisection and Animal Experimentation / Anti-Vaccination and Alternative Medicine Documents / Documents