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Measles

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A highly contagious infectious disease caused by MORBILLIVIRUS, common among children but also seen in the nonimmune of any age, in which the virus enters the respiratory tract via droplet nuclei and multiplies in the epithelial cells, spreading throughout the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Rubeola

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.13402, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13402
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: mirror writing; measles; inflammation; and vision disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13854, 1954-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13854
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 27 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: tumourous brain lesion; diplopia; headaches; squint; measles; numbness; weight loss; intracranial tension; pleucytosis; vomiting; incontinence; constipation; homonymous hemianopia; dysphasia; dysgraphia; and venous thrombosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1957

PR2.14479, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14479
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports and x-rays relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: diffuse glioma; vision disorders; diplopia; squint; headache; dizziness; vomiting; gait disorder; shakiness; intracranial pressure; measles; whooping cough; and brainstem lesion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.15588, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15588
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: measles; seizures; epilepsy; and possible encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955