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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:

PR2.5401, 1947-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5401
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: congenital syphilis; petit mal; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1958

PR2.5408, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5408
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5409, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5409
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: von Recklinghausen's disease; headache; nausea; epilepsy; vomiting; and glioma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5424, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5424
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: ventriculitis; post-meningitic hydrocephalus; epilepsy; skull fracture; head injury; and cerebro-spinal fluod rhinorrhoea. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1946

PR2.5431, 1947-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5431
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; and personality change. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1951

PR2.5432, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5432
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male first examined in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5436, 1947-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5436
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1949

PR2.5439, 1947-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5439
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: thrombophlebitis; head injury; epilepsy; brain damage; and fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1956

PR2.5456, 1947-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5456
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; meningioma; headache; aphasia; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1948

PR2.5459, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5459
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 27 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947