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Brain Damage, Chronic

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A condition characterized by long-standing brain dysfunction or damage, usually of three months duration or longer. Potential etiologies include BRAIN INFARCTION; certain NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ANOXIA, BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; certain NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; metabolic disorders (see BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC); and other conditions.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.16651, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16651
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: macroscopic brain damage; gunshot wound; and fracture of skull. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1956

PR2.17165, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17165
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; primary brain stem damage; and skull fracture. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.17478, 1955-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17478
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; intracranial haemorrhage; and brain damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1959

PR2.17965, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17965
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy reports, notes, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; brain stem damage; skull fracture; and subdural haematoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18785, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18785
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: brain-stem damage; unsteadiness; and numbness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.19145, 1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19145
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 14 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; acute encephalitis; and brain damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.19180, 1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19180
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: Kernicterus; cerebral damage; epileptic fit; and intellectual disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958