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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:

PR2.9817, 1951-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9817
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs, x-ray films, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dysphasia; cerebral thrombosis; hemi-paresis; cerebral aneurysm; cerebral arteriosclerosis; Parkinsonian tremor; paranoia; back pain; confusion; intracerebral haemorrhage; and rodent ulcer. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1958

PR2.9875, 1951-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9875
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial vascular disturbances; paresis; aphasia; anoxia; numbness; carotid thrombosis; giddiness; spastic attacks; and paraesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.9892, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9892
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; astrocytoma; drowsy attacks; headache; back pain; deafness; dizziness; papilloedema; dysphasia; hemiparesis; and mental deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged

Dates: 1951

PR2.9958, 1951-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9958
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: dysphasia; ptosis; confusion; thrombophlebitis; paraphasia; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1953

PR2.9988, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9988
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial metastasis; expressive dysphasia; paresis of face and neck; paralysis of right arm; and Jacksonian attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR3.1016, 1943

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1016
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: chronic subdural haematoma; dysphasia; papilloedema; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR3.1091, 1943

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1091
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to the head; contusional injury of right hemisphere; left temporal lobe abscess; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR3.1229, 1944

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1229
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and note relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe concussional head injury with resultant cerebral atrophy and intellectual deterioration; vomiting; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR3.1232, 1944-1955

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1232
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: contusional vertex cerebral injury with spastic paraparesis; dysarthria; dysphasia; and deafness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1955

PR3.1235, 1944

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1235
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to the left parietal region; residual dysphasic difficulties; and intellectual and memory impairment. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944