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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:

PR2.5601, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5601
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians). Conditions mentioned include: psychoneurosis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient not examined.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5602, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5602
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5611, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5611
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; deja vu; and birth trauma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5614, 1947-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5614
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; epilepsy; and retinal arterial spasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1949

PR2.5617, 1947-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5617
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; unsteadiness; and medication overdose. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1955

PR2.5624, 1947-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5624
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from aged 19 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: narco-epilepstic manifestations; and work accident. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1960

PR2.5627, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5627
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5638, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5638
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; convulsions; and cerebral thrombophlebitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5640, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5640
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 2 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; and fits. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5642, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5642
Scope and Contents

Reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; unconsciousness; hysteria; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947