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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:

PR2.2493, 1941-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2493
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 34 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: unconscious; photophobia; squama occipitalis fracture; fit; deafness in one ear; difficulty reading; headaches; and post-traumatic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1944

PR2.2494, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2494
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: mild concussion; headache; vomiting; drowsy; impairment of speech; and intracerebral clot. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2496, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2496
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 4 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fits; sore head; cerebral abscess; aphasia; facial weakness; bilateral suppurative otitis media; and hemiparesis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2501, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2501
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 3 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: post-vaccinal encephalitis; convulsions; paresis; ataxia; hypertonus; no speech; aphasia; facial weakness; deafness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2707, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2707
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: headache; head injury; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2768, 1944-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2768
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, newspaper clipping and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral thrombosis; aphasia; hemiparesis; and hemiplegia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1952

PR2.2862, 1944-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2862
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; and aphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1948

PR2.3054, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3054
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, autopsy report and photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: osteitis of skull; multiple subdural and cerebral abscesses; right hemiparesis; papilloedema; homonymous hemianopia; dysphasia; and leptomeningitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1944

PR2.3078, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3078
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 55 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; dysphasia; and astrocytoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1944-1945

PR2.3152, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3152
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: vascular lesion; head injury; memory lapse; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945