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Agnosia

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a primary sensory modality. Tactile agnosia is characterized by an inability to perceive the shape and nature of an object by touch alone, despite unimpaired sensation to light touch, position, and other primary sensory modalities.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Agnosia for Pain / Smell / Taste / Temperature

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.13668, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13668
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 69 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: confusional state; headache; dizziness; agnosia; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.18261, 1957-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18261
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) first examined in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: degenerative disease of central nervous system; dysarthria; and agnosia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)