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Consciousness Disorders

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Organic mental disorders in which there is impairment of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment and to respond to environmental stimuli. Dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres or brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION may result in this condition.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.16176b, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16176b
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, handwritten notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; compound depressed fracture; and semi consciousness. Sugical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.18416, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18416
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and distortions of consciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.18639, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18639
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: vascular disorder; brain-stem disorder; amnesic syndrome; and semi-consciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)