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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:

PR2.7554, 1948-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7554
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; deja vu; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1951

PR2.7557, 1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7557
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 34 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.7560, 1949-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7560
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; personality changes; epilepsy; and atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1951

PR2.7570, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7570
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.7607, 1949-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7607
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; epilepsy; and amentia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1954

PR2.7629, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7629
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1950

PR2.7638, 1949-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7638
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; violence; confusion; aneurysm; and intracranial haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1949-1956

PR2.7644, 1949-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7644
Scope and Contents

Notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; unconsciousness; and birth trauma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1956

PR2.7651, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7651
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; epilepstic fits; and oligodengroglioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR2.7653, 1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7653
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949