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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:

PR4.2177, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2177
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: deafness; subnormal intelligence; and facial paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.2210, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2210
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: arachnodactyly; congenital cataract; mental deficiency; and convulsions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2332, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2332
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; weakness and stiffness in legs; and mental deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.2506, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2506
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; and behaviouristic anomalies. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2511, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2511
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: intellectual deficiency of hereditary basis; behaviouristic anomalies; head injury; and bed wetting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2514, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2514
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: primary mental defect (mild). No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2515, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2515
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: retarded mental development; and blindness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.2521, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2521
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: mental defect related to Mongolism; and hypotonia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2524, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2524
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: measles encephalitis; mental deficiency; Jacksonian attacks; and visual deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.2525, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2525
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: microcephaly; mental retardation; fits; and diencephalic disturbances. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940