Cerebral Palsy
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
5.7 Female, Single, 35-44 yrs, Low grade mental defective, February 1946
Ad[mitted] to C.R.under certificate. "MENTAL DEFECTIVE OF IMBECILE GRADE". Parents separated. Father in jail at one time. Instrumental birth? Little's Disease. P.C. confirms. This girl was boarded out with [relative] who was unkind to her - Police wanted her removed - he beat her. A difficult man, quarrelled with the neighbours. House passable, not over-crowded.
8.32 Male, Single, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, Physical illness or invalidism, June 1947
"Admitted to CRI. Diagnoisis: Imbecile (fairly high grade Little's Disease). Patient has never been right or fit for anything. His mother died and there is no-one to look after him, as his father has to go out to work (being at present unemployed). He was brought to CRI to be taken care of. Patient behaves well and gives no trouble. Appears quite contented. He is very crippled and can only walk very slowly with the aid of a three-wheeled support."
35.74 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Low grade mental defective, May 1947
"Dr says this child is MD with scissor legs. No longer attending school but privately tutored. Was a very small baby, they thought he would never walk, balance still very bad. Very slow at learning, writing bad. Good home conditions."
Relatives in survey: Mother 35.73
Correspondence from Thomas T. S. Ingram to Norman Dott [check date], undated
Correspondence from Thomas T.S. Ingram to Norman Dott [check date], undated. The correspondence relates to cerebral palsy and the National Health Service.
PR1.464, 1931-1932
Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; cerebral palsy; seizures; hemianopia; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
PR1.465, 1931-1938
Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal neuralgia; facial pain; and cerebral diplegia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR2.207, 1941
Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: squint; fits; Little's Disease; and spastic hypotonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR2.489, 1941
Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: brain damage; epilepsy; hydrocephalus; and spastic quadriplegia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR4.687, 1933-1940
Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; cerebral injury; spastic diplegia; and athetosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
PR4.697, 1933
Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: infantile encephalitis; hypotonia; ataxic diplegia; and amentia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.