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Ageusia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Complete or severe loss of the subjective sense of taste, frequently accompanied by OLFACTION DISORDERS. Do not confuse with DYSGEUSIA, distortion of sense of taste,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

PR3.471, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.471
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to maleprivate fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1942 Conditions mentioned include: loss of taste and smell; intellectual deterioration following severe head injury; cerebral cortical atrophy; amnesia; headache; giddiness; and memory loss. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.12340, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12340
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; numbness; gait disorder; loss of taste; and vision disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953