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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:

PR2.8852, 1950-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8852
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: subdural abscess; Jacksonian epilepsy; seizures; vomiting; facial weakness; developmental delay; and mentally handicapped. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1953

PR2.9020, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9020
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: mental defective; head injury; microcephaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9038, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9038
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; hypertonus; epileptic attacks; and mental defective. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.9163, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9163
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: brain injury; backwardness; and dysrhythmia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9180, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9180
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental retardation; fits; deafness; mutism; ataxia; and dysrhythmia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.9230, 1950-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9230
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: spasticity of limbs; mental retardation; thoracic kypho-scoliosis; hydrocephalus; and spina bifida. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1952

PR2.9281, 1950-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9281
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to female patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; brain damage; mental retardation; and hypotonia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1953

PR2.9479, 1942-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9479
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, note and correspondence relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 27at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: neurosis; papiloedema; drowsiness; intellectual deterioration; incontinence; and astrocytoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1951

PR2.9705, 1951-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9705
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: microcephaly; Kernicterus; cyanosis intellectually defective; seizures; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.9711, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9711
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patientfrom Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: feeble minded; microcephaly; and mentally deficient. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951