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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:

PR2.4461, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4461
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 14 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and mental illness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4462, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4462
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental retardation; microcephaly; hypotonia; hypertonus; myoclonic head movements; and inflammatory cerebral lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4465, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4465
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: status epilepticus; convulsions; unconsciousness; left hemiparesis; and cicatricial lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4471, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4471
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and prescription relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4473, 1945-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4473
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: right hemiparesis; head injury; post-traumatic epilepsy; amnesia; and dysphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1947

PR2.4479, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4479
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; prolapsed intervertebral disc; and low back pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4485, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4485
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: pituitary chromophobe adenoma; post epileptic psychosis; seizures; and optic atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4488, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4488
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: depression; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1947

PR2.4495, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4495
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: osteoma; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4507, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4507
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: mental retardation; epilepsy; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946