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Amblyopia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia is a developmental disorder of the visual cortex. A discrepancy between visual information received by the visual cortex from each eye results in abnormal cortical development. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.9901, 1950-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9901
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache of vasomotor origin; tinnitus; dizzines; vomiting; and amblyopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged

Dates: 1950-1958

PR3.1123, 1943

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1123
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 37 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: left-sided rhinorrhoea of unknown causation; amblyopia of right eye; and facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR3.1802, 1945

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1802
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, report and charts relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: meningo-vascular syphilis with signs of increased intracranial tension; bilateral papilloedema; amblyopia; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR4.1142, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1142
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; amblyopia; and intellectual deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1700, 1940-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1700
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: pre-senile dementia; headache; irritability; and dimness of vision. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1941

PR2.10233, 1950-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10233
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary; charts; notes; reports; autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: temporal lobe abscess; facial swelling; tremor; amblyopia; papilloedema; and cerebral infarction. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.14378, 1954-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14378
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs, notes, report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal neuralgia; amblyopia; facial pain; epilepsy; and central nervous system disease. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1963

PR2.14484, 1954-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14484
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; blindness; seizures; weakness; cerebral thrombophlebitis; birth injury; incontinence; and amblyopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1957

PR2.15566, 1955-1969

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15566
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, correspondence, charts, and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: blackouts, hypoesthesia; transient amblyopia; papilloedema; benign intercranial hypertension; and dissecting aneurysm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1969

PR2.16014, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16014
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: amblyopia; epilepsy; and post-traumatic personality disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956