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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:

PR2.2952, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2952
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; dipsomania; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient not examined.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2954, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2954
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous pleurisy; headaches; fainting; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2958, 1944-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2958
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: cortical cerebral atrophy; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1946

PR2.2966, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2966
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, report and autopsy report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: colloid cyst in third ventricle; epileptic attacks; and chronic papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2969, 1944-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2969
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; and brain damage at birth. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1953

PR2.2975, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2975
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: arterialised angioma; meningitis; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2980, 1944-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2980
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1946

PR2.2983, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2983
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and brain damage due to birth trauma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2988, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2988
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient aged 46 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: focal epilepsy; and progressive mental deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2989, 1944-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2989
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, report and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; head injuries; and subdural haematoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1947