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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:

PR2.8548, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8548
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8553, 1950-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8553
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.8555, 1949-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8555
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: aphasia; facial twitching; epilepsy; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1954

PR2.8566, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8566
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, corrrespondence, notes and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; head injury; and pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8570, 1949-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8570
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; epilepsy; fits; and cerebral atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1950

PR2.8575, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8575
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; headache; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8576, 1950-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8576
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, autopsy report, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; vomiting; headache; mental disorders; secondary spinal tumour; and low back pain. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1961

PR2.8581, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8581
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; unconsciousness; headache; mental disability; paralysis; hypertonus; and cerebral vascular accident. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8585, 1950-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8585
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; seizures; amnesia; head injury; gunshot wound; headaches; and psychiatric illness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1956

PR2.8588, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8588
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: paresis of right hand; epilepsy; fits; fever; gait disorder; cerebral thrombosis; and meningo-encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950