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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:

PR2.5851, 1947-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5851
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: pyrexia; spastic paresis; cerebral venous thrombosis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1957

PR2.5853, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5853
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; dizziness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5855, 1947-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5855
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: defective mental development; birth injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1948

PR2.5857, 1947-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5857
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic fit; staggering; headache; and tumour of septum lucidum. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1954

PR2.5864, 1947-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5864
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1948

PR2.5865, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5865
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; migraine; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5869, 1947-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5869
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; hemiparesis; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1954

PR2.5876, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5876
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; fatigue; and meningoencephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5890, 1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5890
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR2.5893, 1947-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5893
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; islet hyperplasia; and faintness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1955