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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:

PR4.535, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.535
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; renal infantilism; kyphoscoliosis; and developmental delay. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.544, 1931

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.544
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 2 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; mental deficiency; epilepsy; and paralysis of right arm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931

PR4.545, 1931

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.545
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: developmental delay; mental deficiency; and inflammation of the brain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931

PR4.549, 1931-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.549
Scope and Contents

Notes, typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; mental deficiency; epilepsy; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931-1940

PR4.557, 1932

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.557
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; blindness; optic atrophy; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.558, 1931-1932

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.558
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; hemianopia; and intellectual defect. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931-1932

PR4.560, 1932

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.560
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 10 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: post-encephalitic mental defect; athetosis; and mutism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.562, 1932

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.562
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: meningoencephalitis; epilepsy; mental deficiency; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.564, 1932

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.564
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cortical sclerosis; mental deficiency; and emotional instability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.566, 1931

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.566
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; petit mal epilepsy; and hemiparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931