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Aphasia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form. This condition is caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere. Clinical features are used to classify the various subtypes of this condition. General categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 868 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.1747, 1939-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1747
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 6 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: vertical linear wound; unconscious; oedema of both eyelids; intracranial haemorrhage; aphasia; hemiplegia; spasticity of limbs and left frontal scalp laceration. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1961

PR1.1757, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1757
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; staggering; inclined to left; drowsiness; headaches; aphasia; and subdural haemorrage. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR1.1758, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1758
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: slowness; forgetfulness; disorientation; loss of power in both legs; lowering of speech to a whisper; headache; sickness; intracerebral lesion; oedema; and glioma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1939

PR1.1792, 1939-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1792
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 47 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; aphasia; and astrocytoma. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR1.1881, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1881
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; aphasia; and aneurysm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR1.1917, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1917
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; aphasia; and tumour. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR1.1927, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1927
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; mental change; glioblastoma; and aphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR2.1018, 1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1018
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; dysphasia; dementia; and cerebral atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.1024, 1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1024
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; aphasia; epilepsy; arteriosclerosis; and vascular disease. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1942

PR2.1187, 1942-1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1187
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 70 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: hand tremor; slowness in writing; loss of balance; parkinsonism; and arterial hypertension. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1943