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Thinness

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A state of insufficient flesh on the body usually defined as having a body weight less than skeletal and physical standards. Depending on age, sex, and genetic background, a BODY MASS INDEX of less than 18.5 is considered as underweight.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.1397, 1937-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1397
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 72 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: pain in cheek, jaw and temple; head pain; giddiness; patient very thin; and loss of sight in left eye . Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR2.1235, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.1235
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to male patient from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 14 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: underweight, sleeping badly, pain in left side. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1951

PR2.2099, 1948-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.2099
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to male patient from east Edinburgh aged 9 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: pain in lumbar region, thin and not gaining weight. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1948-1949

PR2.2345, 1948-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.2345
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to male patient from south Edinburgh aged 12 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: underweight, tuberculosis of abdominal glands. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1948-1951

PR2.2767, 1948-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.2767
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to female patient from east Edinburgh aged 1 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: underweight. Family history of tuberculosis. Nonsurgical treatment given, including BCG vaccination.

Dates: 1948-1954

PR2.4462, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.4462
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to female patient from east Edinburgh aged 6 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: cough, underweight. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1948

PR2.4741, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.4741
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to male patient from east Edinburgh aged 8 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: very thin, boils on back and buttocks, hilar adenopathy. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1949

PR2.4809, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.4809
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to female patient from east Edinburgh aged 12 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: underweight, no energy, pyorrhoea. No family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1949

PR2.10317, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10317
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: limb weakness; headache; and secondary tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10331, 1951-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10331
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arteriosclerosis; weakness; paraesthesiae; headache; and language disturbance. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954