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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:

PR2.3972, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3972
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and contusional injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.3977, 1945-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3977
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946

PR2.3980, 1946-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3980
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1950

PR2.3988, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3988
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.3999, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3999
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth trauma; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4000, 1945-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4000
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic syndrome; head injury; fits; epilepsy; dizziness; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1950

PR2.4008, 1945-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4008
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1947

PR2.4020, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4020
Scope and Contents

Report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: hypertonus; tremor; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4021, 1945-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4021
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: concussion; fits; epilepsy; and head injury. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1948

PR2.4026, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4026
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and post-epileptic automatism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946