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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:

PR2.9690, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9690
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and postmortem reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; head injury; headache; vomiting; intracranial pressure; carotid thrombosis; and haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9694, 1950-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9694
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; nausea; and migrainous headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.9696, 1951-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9696
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports; photographs and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: compound depressed fracture of sinus; head injury; headache; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; personality change; slurred speech; blurred vision; and staggering gait. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1963

PR2.9705, 1951-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9705
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: microcephaly; Kernicterus; cyanosis intellectually defective; seizures; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.9708, 1951-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9708
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem report and photographs relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; hemianopsia; vision disorders; nystagmus; amnesia; tuberculosis spine; and back pain. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951-1961

PR2.9719, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9719
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: attacks of unconsciousness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9720, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9720
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patientfrom Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and nausea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9724, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9724
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 31 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9725, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9725
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9740, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9740
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and note relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; backache; sciatica; numbness; headache; hemiplegia; dysphasia; epileptic seizures; and Gerstmann syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951