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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:

PR1.165, 1929-1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.165
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1929. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; epilepsy; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital following multiple admissions.

Dates: 1929-1934

PR1.179, 1929

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.179
Scope and Contents

Typed receipt relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1929. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929

PR1.195, 1929-1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.195
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1929. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; epilepsy; intracranial pressure; and tuberculoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929-1934

PR1.200, 1929-1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.200
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1929. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; epilepsy; seizures; hemiplegia; and hemianaesthesia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929-1935

PR1.206, 1929-1930

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.206
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929-1930

PR1.207, 1930

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.207
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1930

PR1.212, 1930-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.212
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, nurses' report book and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; right pareital vascular lesion; and cerebral thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1930-1949

PR1.234, 1930-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.234
Scope and Contents

Notes, charts, nurses' report book, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1930-1958

PR1.235, 1930-1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.235
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, nurses' report book, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: medulloblastoma; glioma; headaches; vomiting; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after multiple admissions.

Dates: 1930-1933

PR1.240, 1930-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.240
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1930. Conditions mentioned include: seizures, epilepsy; and hydrocephalus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1930-1938