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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:

PR2.2993, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2993
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: heredo-degenerative epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2994, 1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2994
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.3000, 1944-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3000
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; limb weakness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1950

PR2.3007, 1944-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3007
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 54 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: hypnagogic epilepsy; insomnia; spasms; head injury; and scalp paraesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945

PR2.3009, 1944-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3009
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; macropsia; incontinence; unconsciousness; and deja vu. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945

PR2.3011, 1944-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3011
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; head injury; alcoholism; amnesia; and spasms. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1946

PR2.3013, 1944-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3013
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; amnesia; nausea; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1957

PR2.3015, 1944-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3015
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; epilepsy; seizures; and hysteria. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945

PR2.3020, 1944-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3020
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy with deja vu aura; seizures; incontinence; and unconsciousness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945

PR2.3022, 1944-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3022
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: narcolepsy; epilepsy; head injury; concussion; unconsciousness; viral infection; and head pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1946