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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:

PR2.8870, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8870
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arteriosclerosis; unsteadiness of gait; numbness; head injury; epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8872, 1949-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8872
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal; epilepsy; seizures; headaches; unconsciousness; nausea; head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1965

PR2.8882, 1947-1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8882
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; seizures; head injury; fractured skull; loss of sense of smell; amnesia; and mental deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1966

PR2.8883, 1937-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8883
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; sinusitis; frontal lobe abscess; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1950

PR2.8888, 1950-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8888
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, chart and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; aphasia; headache; facial weakness; Jacksonian epilepsy; seizures; and deafness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1965

PR2.8900, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8900
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: myasthenia gravis; ptosis; headache; double vision; epilepsy; and seizures. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8907, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8907
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: petit-mal epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8908, 1950-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8908
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: petit-mal epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.8910, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8910
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; and alcohol poisoning. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950

PR2.8911, 1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8911
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; generalised atrophy; seizures; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950