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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 46 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.7769, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7769
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: painful stump of forefingers. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1950

PR2.8526, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8526
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: pain in phantom arm; neck pain; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8980, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8980
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: phantom limb pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.9415, 1950-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9415
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; hip pain; low backache; arterial hypertension; sciatica; phantom foot pain; hemiparesis; cerebral vascular catastrophe; cerebral arterial thrombosis; incontinence; and mental illness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1956

PR3.1223, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1223
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: phantom limb (right mid-upper arm); and neuroma of radial nerve trunk. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945

PR3.1315, 1944-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1315
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male metal polisher from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: painful phantom limb; and paraesthesiae. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1956

PR3.1419, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1419
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male joiner from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: painful phantom limb. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR3.1479, 1944-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1479
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, photograph, charts, article, and notes relating to male sailor from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: painful phantom limb; nausea; and paraesthesiae. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1960

PR3.1490, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1490
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male pensioner from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: phantom limb; paraesthesiae; and stump neuromata (left upper limb). No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR3.1966, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1966
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male pensioner from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: painful phantom foot. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946