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Epilepsy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy).,Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 4350 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.33, 1926-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.33
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, drawings, photographs, charts nurses' report books and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 16 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; vomiting; hydrocephalus; paresis; medullo-blastoma cerebelli; thrombocytopoenic purpura; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1926-1963

PR1.34, 1926-1927

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.34
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, drawings, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 45 at first examination in 1926. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; paresis; cortical paralysis; leptomeningitis; and meningioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1926-1927

PR1.36, 1927-1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.36
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, photographs, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians), aged 25 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927-1934

PR1.41, 1927

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.41
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain, aged 27 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; facial paralysis; and deafness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927

PR1.48, 1927-1976

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.48
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, photographs, notes, x-ray films and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outisde Edinburgh and the Lothians), aged 36 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arterialised angioma; headache; anuerysm; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927-1976

PR1.56, 1927-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.56
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, photographs, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 15 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; intracranial pressure; diplopia; epilepsy; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927-1954

PR1.58, 1927

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.58
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 24 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927

PR1.63, 1927-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.63
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, photographs, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians), aged 25 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: lepto-meningitis; diplopia; seizures; and focal epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927-1958

PR1.66, 1927

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.66
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 26 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927

PR1.67, 1927-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.67
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs, correspondence, nurses' report book, charts, tracer card, drawings, notes and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 19 at first examination in 1927. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; scoliosis; kyphosis; subdural haemorrhage; headaches; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1927-1965