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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:

PR2.3507, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3507
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; eye pain; retrobulbar neuritis; sinusitis; thrombophlebitis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3516, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3516
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; encephalitis; and chorea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3517, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3517
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and amentia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3549, 1945-1978

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3549
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; and chorea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1978

PR2.3551, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3551
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; depressed skull fracture; headache; and facial asymmetry. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3552, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3552
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; depressed skull fracture; headache; and facial asymmetry. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3552, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3552
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3553, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3553
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3557, 1944-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3557
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fatigue; and failure of vision. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1947

PR2.3562, 1944-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3562
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 57 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945