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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:

PR2.3308, 1945-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3308
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: tetany; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1948

PR2.3318, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3318
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and cerebral degenerative disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3319, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3319
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3354, 1944-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3354
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: rodent ulcer; head injury; convulsions and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1954

PR2.3356, 1944-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3356
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 44 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; numbness; and oligodendroglioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1950

PR2.3360, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3360
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; facial paresis; birth injury; and brain injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3361, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3361
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3373, 1945-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3373
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; birth injury; cerebral gliosis; and fits. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1953

PR2.3376, 1944-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3376
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral necrosis following x-radiation; cerebral arteriosclerosis; memory deterioration; speech difficulty; epilepsy; and dysarthria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1953

PR2.3378, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3378
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; spinal cord injury; and back pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945