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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:

PR2.14991, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14991
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: optic atrophy; hydrocephalus; personality deterioration; and brain damage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14997, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14997
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: basal brain damage; deafness; headache; and cerebral vasomotor instability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15014, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15014
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: headache; facial asymmetry; basal brain damage; and supra-oribital neuritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15085, 1955-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15085
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: subdural haematoma; head injury; skull fracture; headaches; grand mal attacks; and brain damage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1963

PR2.15424, 1955-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15424
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; occipital meningocele; phlebothrombosis; epilepsy; seizures; cerebral damage; intracranial pressure; developmental delay; a vegetable mentally. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1959

PR2.15440, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15440
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; head injury; concussion; brain damage; cerebral palsy; nystagmus; and ataxia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15582, 1955-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15582
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; aneursym acting as space-occupying lesion; headache; unconciousness; ptosis; and left hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1963

PR2.15806, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15806
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fractured skull; and brain damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15847, 1955-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15847
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; brain damage; and haematoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1959

PR2.16008, 1955-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16008
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: brain-stem damage; skull fracture; thrombosis; epileptic seizures; and ataxia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1957