Phantom Limb
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb. The majority of individuals with an amputated extremity will experience the impression that the limb is still present, and in many cases, painful. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Correspondence between Norman Dott, Lord Adrian and others, 1948, 1957
File
Identifier: Coll-32/H.7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Norman Dott, Lord Adrian and others including Juan Carlos Christensen, dated 1948 and 1957. The correspondence is mainly regarding 'phantom pain' and its treatment (Adrian's wife had undergone above-knee amputation as a result of a climbing accident in the Lakes in 1942), but it includes much interesting material on perception, the training of
animals (including Dott's dogs), recollections of Pavlov, Cushing (it includes an operation performed by Cushing during a visit...
Dates:
1948, 1957