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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:

PR2.3857, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3857
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; and cerebral damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3859, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3859
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral damage; epilepsy; unconsciousness; and mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3860, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3860
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: syphilitic meningoencephalitis; epilepsy; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3866, 1945-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3866
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; and mental backwardness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1947

PR2.3869, 1945-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3869
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to two female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examinations in 1945 and 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patients discharged.

Dates: 1945-1947

PR2.3876, 1945-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3876
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; behavioural difficulties; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1951

PR2.3880, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3880
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3884, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3884
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.3890, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3890
Scope and Contents

Chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; exophthalmos; diplopia; spasms; and disseminated sclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3899, 1945-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3899
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1955