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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:

PR2.3420, 1945-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3420
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; burn; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1965

PR2.3427, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3427
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; convulsions; and mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3431, 1945-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3431
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and head injury. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1964

PR2.3440, 1945-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3440
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: mental disability; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1948

PR2.3461, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3461
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 1 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3464, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3464
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3468, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3468
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: facial pain; trigeminal neuralgia; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3488, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3488
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; and tetany. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3494, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3494
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and cerebral arteriospasm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3505, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3505
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 33 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945