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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:

PR2.6370, 1948-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6370
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; seizures; and traumatic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1953

PR2.6386, 1948-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6386
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed progress notes, handwritten notes and report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; altered consciousness; and blackouts. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1954

PR2.6404, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6404
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; memory deterioration; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6406, 1947-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6406
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: seizures followed by painful left shoulder; cryptogenic epilepsy; and deafness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1948

PR2.6408, 1947-1973

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6408
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, handwritten notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: mastoiditis; cerebellar abcess; seizures; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1973

PR2.6415, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6415
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and handwritten notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; epilepsy; and hysteria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6438, 1947-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6438
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: memory difficulties; headache; cerebral gliosis; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1962

PR2.6447, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6447
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR2.6456, 1948-1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6456
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: fits; unconsciousness; cortical atrophy; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1966

PR2.6459, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6459
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, notes and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: exophthalmos; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946