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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:

PR2.3773, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3773
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3782, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3782
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: convulsions; epilepsy; birth injury; brain injury; and narcolepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3786, 1945-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3786
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: angioendothelioma; headache; numbness; epilepsy; and cyst. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1955

PR2.3787, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3787
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3799, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3799
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report, autopsy report, tracer card, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: papilloma; cerebral metastases; comas; epilepsy; and hydrocephalus. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3800, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3800
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: tonic epilepsy; and numbness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3802, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3802
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; paresis; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3812, 1945-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3812
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland)aged 29 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; atrophied cerebral cortex; enuresis; and dysarthria. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1949

PR2.3814, 1945-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3814
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 4 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; vomiting; facial twitching; tiredness; hemiparesis; epileptic attacks; and dysphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1957

PR2.3815, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3815
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 59 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; dizziness; difficulty in speech; and glioblastoma. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1945-1946