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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:

PR4.1193, 1937-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1193
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; progressive mental degeneration; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.1216, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1216
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, black-and-white photograph, charts and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; retarded mental development; and choreiform movements. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1253, 1938-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1253
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; athetosis; and physical and mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1941

PR4.1272, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1272
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 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; drowsiness; mental deficiency; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1301, 1938-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1301
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; athetosis; mental defect; and hyperkinesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1942

PR4.1310, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1310
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 15 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: intellectual defect; choreo-athetosis; muscular hypertonus; and defective speech. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1312, 1938-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1312
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 7 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; intellectual impairment; and stiffness in legs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939

PR4.1334, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1334
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: pyknolepsy; mental deficiency; sixth nerve palsy; and ?birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1336, 1938-1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1336
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; chorea; and slow mental development. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939

PR4.1338, 1938-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1338
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: brain injury; retarded mental development; speech difficulty; and hemianopsia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1942