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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:

PR2.7379, 1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7379
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; dizziness; headache; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1948

PR2.7385, 1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7385
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: thrombophlebitis; epilepsy; convulsions; and hypertonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.7387, 1948-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7387
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1949

PR2.7405, 1948-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7405
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fits; cortical atrophy; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1949

PR2.7406, 1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7406
Scope and Contents

Chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; convulsion; epilepsy; and arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.7407, 1949-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7407
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; confusion; arthritis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1951

PR2.7414, 1949-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7414
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotand (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; epilepsy; weight loss; ophthalmoplegia; and intellectual deterioration. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1962

PR2.7420, 1949-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7420
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; convulsions; epilepsy; tinnitus; and staggering. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1962

PR2.7421, 1949-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7421
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; compound depressed skull fracture; dizziness; vertigo; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1958

PR2.7422, 1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7422
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; unconsciousness; convulsive seizures; cerebrovascular accident; hemiparesis; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949