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Tay-Sachs Disease

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = An autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the onset in infancy of an exaggerated startle response, followed by paralysis, dementia, and blindness.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.997, 1942-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.997
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 0 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: oculo-cerebral degeneration; Tay Sach's disease; epilepsy; and Amaurotic family idiocy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1944
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)

PR2.998, 1942-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.998
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: oculo-cerebral degeneration; seizures; and Amaurotic family idiocy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1944
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)

PR2.1583, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1583
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: amaurotic family idiocy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943
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)

PR2.1927, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1927
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: amaurotic family idiocy; fits; and failure of vision. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943
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)

PR2.2086, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2086
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; failure of vision; and Tay-Sachs disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943
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)

PR2.4355, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4355
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and amaurotic family idiocy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946
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)

PR2.9848, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9848
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: blindness; and Tay-Sach's disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)