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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:

PR2.2584, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2584
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2592, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2592
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes and photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: haemorrhage; unconsciousness; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1943

PR2.2617, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2617
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: hemiplegia; epilepsy; birth injury; brain injury; and convulsions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2625, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2625
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: optic atrophy; epilepsy; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2630, 1944-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2630
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; intellectual disability; syphilis; and cerebral palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1953

PR2.2637, 1944-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2637
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and psychosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1953

PR2.2641, 1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2641
Scope and Contents

Notes, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: brain abscess; epilepsy; and personality change. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2643, 1944-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2643
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1947

PR2.2667, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2667
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2670, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2670
Scope and Contents

Report, notes, and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944