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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:

PR2.6348, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6348
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 61 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; seizures; epilepsy; and mental deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6350, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6350
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 50 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: mental deterioration; apathy; and progressive cerebral atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6751, 1948-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6751
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; cerebral birth injury; brain damage; and drop-foot. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1950

PR2.6756, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6756
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: brain damage; optic atrophy; birth injury; epilepsy; and blindness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6801, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6801
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: aphasia; brain damage; and hemiplegia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.7058, 1948-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7058
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injuries; brain damage; compound skull fracture; headache; personality change; amnesia; hypertonus; and infection. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1952

PR2.7318, 1948-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7318
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: brain damage; mental retardation; and kernicterus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1949

PR2.7701, 1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7701
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and autopsy report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; head injury; subarachnoid haemorrhage; and brain damage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1949

PR2.8381, 1949-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8381
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and neurological damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1950

PR2.8426, 1949-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8426
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; tibia fracture; amnesia; brain damage; back pain; and epigastric pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1960