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Cataplexy

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A condition characterized by transient weakness or paralysis of somatic musculature triggered by an emotional stimulus or physical exertion. Cataplexy is frequently associated with NARCOLEPSY. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

PR3.1053, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1053
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: "giddy attacks"; headaches; tinnitus; and cataplectic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1944

PR4.1034, 1937-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1034
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; spastic hemiparesis; and cataplectic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1955

PR4.1116, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1116
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; cataplectic attacks; increase of weight; and sleepiness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1153, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1153
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female from outside Great Britain aged 39 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: hypothalamic lesion; cataplectic attacks; tiredness; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1169, 1937-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1169
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; cataplectic attacks; drowsiness; and narcolepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1949

PR4.1189, 1937-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1189
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, black-and-white photographs and typed case summary relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; cataplectic attacks; diabetes insipidus; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.1209, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1209
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: cataplexy; vomiting; deafness; and tremor. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1313, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1313
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: cataplectic attacks; headache; insomnia; and paraesthesiae. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1623, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1623
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, charts and typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: cataplectic attacks; narcolepsy; sleepiness; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940