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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:

PR1.102, 1928

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.102
Scope and Contents

Typed case summaries, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians), aged 13 at first examination in 1928. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1928

PR1.103, 1928-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.103
Scope and Contents

Typed case summaries, notes, reports, nurses' report books, drawings, newspaper clipping, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 21 at first examination in 1928. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; intracranial haemorrhage; seizures; and hemianaesthesia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1928-1940

PR1.105, 1928

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.105
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patientfrom Edinburgh and the Lothians, aged 42 at first examination in 1928. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1928

PR1.108, 1928

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.108
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patientfrom Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1928. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; diplopia; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1928

PR1.118, 1928-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.118
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, photographs, notes, nurses' report book and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1928. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial pressure; meningioma; seizures; headaches; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1928-1948

PR1.124, 1928-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.124
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1928. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; epilepsy; seizures; polyuria; and adiposity. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1928-1965

PR1.129, 1928-1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.129
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1928. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; seizures; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1928-1934

PR1.134, 1929-1964

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.134
Scope and Contents

Reports, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1929. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and meningoencephalitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929-1964

PR1.141, 1929

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.141
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1929. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929

PR1.148, 1929-1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.148
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1929. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; dysphasia; cerebral contusion; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929-1944