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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:

PR2.4577, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4577
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1947

PR2.4579, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4579
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 35 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; deafness; vertigo; Meniere disease; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4586, 1946-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4586
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1948

PR2.4588, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4588
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4591, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4591
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; personality change; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4592, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4592
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: cerebral vascular accident; hemiplegia; epilepsy; and spasticity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4595, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4595
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: vasospasm; epilepsy; and diplopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4602, 1946-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4602
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1958

PR2.4618, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4618
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1947

PR2.4620, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4620
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946