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Catalepsy

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A condition characterized by inactivity, decreased responsiveness to stimuli, and a tendency to maintain an immobile posture. The limbs tend to remain in whatever position they are placed (waxy flexibility). Catalepsy may be associated with PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (e.g., SCHIZOPHRENIA, CATATONIC), nervous system drug toxicity, and other conditions.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.675, 1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.675
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; epilepsy; headache; hemianopia; craniopharyngioma; chromophobe adenoma; and catalespsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1933
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR2.2704, 1944-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2704
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral dysrhythmia; catalepsy; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1960
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)