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Intellectual Disability

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28) Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 3009 Collections and/or Records:

PR4.440, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.440
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; hypertonus; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.444, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.444
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; scarlet fever; fits; and post-vaccinal encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.448, ca. 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.448
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; and convulsions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: ca. 1938

PR4.450, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.450
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; and mutism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.455, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.455
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; fits; microcephaly; and premature birth. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.460, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.460
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; mental deficiency; microcephaly; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.497, 1940-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.497
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: pyogenic septicaemia; encephalitis; epilepsy; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1945

PR4.500, 1940-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.500
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 7 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; hyperkinesis; choreoathetosis; and mental deficiency. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1941

PR4.506, 1936-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.506
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental impairment; head injury; and skull fracture. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1941

PR4.522, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.522
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 3 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: meningoencephalitis; epilepsy; mental deficiency; and convulsions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940