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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:

PR2.531, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.531
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report, notes, reports, black and white photographs, drawings and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; depression; difficulty with expression; unable to write; osteoma; and meningioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR2.549, 1942-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.549
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 33 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; frontal headache; fits; epileptic attacks; motor weakness; numbness in hand; weakness in limbs; neuro-degenerative epilepsy; and aphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1945

PR2.561, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.561
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 45 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; aphasia; unconsciousness; frontal headaches; failure of memory; hemiparesis; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR2.564, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.564
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 24 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; numbness; sick; paresis; aphasia; and cerebral vasospasm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.570, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.570
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; vomiting; numbness; agrammatism; and severe migraine. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR2.573, 1941-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.573
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, correspondence, charts and drawings relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 46 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: difficulty with words; vomiting; depression; weakness in hand; meningioma; and papilloedema. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1944

PR2.575, 1941-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.575
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 58 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: pain in neck; numbness; difficulty writing; oedema; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1942

PR2.591, 1941-1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.591
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 30 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; headache; neck ache; sickness; drowsiness; confusion; dysphasia; paraphasia; haemorrhage; hemiplegia; and aneurysms. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1966

PR2.596, 1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.596
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 60 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: loss of memory; nominal aphasia; tired; alexia; Parkinsonian disorder; and encephalopathy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.614, 1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.614
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, autopsy report and photographs relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; somnolence; glioma; and aphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1941