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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:

PR2.20250, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20250
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1959

PR2.20262, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20262
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: ?fibrosarcoma; ?angiosarcoma nasopharynx; proptosis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20266, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20266
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; weakness in legs; epilepsy; and dysphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.20268, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20268
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 71 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy of undetermined cause. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20276, 1959-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20276
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: idiopathic epilepsy; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1961

PR2.20288, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20288
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; and psychopathic behaviour disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20308, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20308
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; depression; right hemiparesis; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20310, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20310
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts, notes and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: ?epilepsy; ?vasospasm; right-sided hemianopia; and numbness in right limbs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20321, 1959-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20321
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; unconsciousness; headache; and nausea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1960

PR2.20331, 1959-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20331
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: focal epilepsy; infantile hemiplegia; pulmonary tuberculosis; and athetoid movements. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1963