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Chickenpox

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus ( HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN). It usually affects children, is spread by direct contact or respiratory route via droplet nuclei, and is characterized by the appearance on the skin and mucous membranes of successive crops of typical pruritic vesicular lesions that are easily broken and become scabbed. Chickenpox is relatively benign in children, but may be complicated by pneumonia and encephalitis in adults. (From Dorland, 27th ed),Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Joe, Alexander

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-94
Scope and Contents

Notes on Fever hospital administration, diphtheria and scarlet fever by A. Joe; staffing literature 1948; articles by A. Joe and C. B. Ker on infectious diseases 1896-1952

Dates: 1896-1952

PR2.2839, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.2839
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to female teacher from south west Edinburgh aged 48 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: chickenpox, nauseated, pain lumbar region. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1948

PR2.7068, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7068
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: gait disorder; tremor; chickenpox; speech disorder; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.8858, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8858
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; and chickenpox. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8907, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8907
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: petit-mal epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8908, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8908
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: petit-mal epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR4.1880, 1934-1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1880
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: jaundice; congenital obliteration of the bile ducts; chickenpox; and vomiting. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1935

PR2.14112, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14112
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; swelling in right temporal region; and chicken pox. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14647, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14647
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: choreic-epileptic syndrome; encephalitis; and chicken pox. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955