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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:

PR2.4511, 1946-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4511
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and intellectual disability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1951

PR2.4514, 1946-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4514
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1948

PR2.4525, 1946-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4525
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1949

PR2.4538, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4538
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1947

PR2.4542, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4542
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4543, 1945-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4543
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: aneurysm; headache; vomiting; aphasia; epilepsy; and arteriovenous malformation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital following several admissions.

Dates: 1945-1958

PR2.4547, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4547
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hypertension; thyrotoxicosis; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4552, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4552
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4554, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4554
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4562, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4562
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1947