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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:

PR2.4105, 1946-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4105
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1950

PR2.4108, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4108
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; arteriosclerosis; and shoulder pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4115, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4115
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4116, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4116
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; ptosis; and haemangioma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4120, 1945-1968

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4120
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: nausea; headache; haematoma; meningioma; haemorrhage; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1945-1968

PR2.4124, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4124
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 15 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and precocious mental and sexual development. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4126, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4126
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4132, 1946-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4132
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1946-1961

PR2.4141, 1946-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4141
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; oligodendroglioma; and ependymoblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1951

PR2.4159, 1945-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4159
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, drawing, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; ependymoblastoma; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1949