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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:

PR2.14821, 1955-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14821
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral damage; spastic hemiplegia; athetoid-choreiform movements; and pain in amputation stump. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1964

PR2.15509, 1954-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15509
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes, charts, and Court of Session record relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: stump neuroma; traffic accident; phantom limb; dyspepsia; and depression. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1960

PR2.16103, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16103
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: pain in phantom limb; gunshot wound; spinal injury; paraplegia; and urinary retention. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16661, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16661
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: pain in phantom limb. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.17338, 1943-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17338
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: phantom limb pain; sciatic neuroma; and trigeminal neuralgia. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1959

PR2.17399, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17399
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 69 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: painful phantom limb; and neuroma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18050, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18050
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 61 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: phantom limb pain; and lumbago. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18165, 1957-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18165
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; phantom limb pain; and muscle spasm. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1959

PR2.18323, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18323
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: phantom foot pain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18587, 1954-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18587
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, notes and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 66 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; phantom limb; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1958