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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:

PR2.19962, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19962
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; irritability; generalised dysrhythmia; and hirsutism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.19979, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19979
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.19982, 1959-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19982
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, reports and typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; convulsions; and fever. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1960

PR2.19993, 1959-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19993
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1962

PR2.19995, 1959-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19995
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy (not yet diagnosed); splitting headache; slurring of speech; and incontinence of urine. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1961

PR2.19996, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.19996
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.20007, 1958-1966

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20007
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, autopsy reports, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: malignant right temporal glioma; left-sided headache; epilepsy; and left hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1966

PR2.20018, 1958-1966

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20018
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts, typed case summary, reports and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma grade II; epilepsy; vomiting; and severe headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1966

PR2.20026, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20026
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20028, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20028
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959