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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:

PR2.9794, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9794
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, note and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: blackout episodes; epileptic manifestations; and numbness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9795, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9795
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: pre-senile dementia; brain atrophy; Pick's disease; Alzheimer's disease; dysrhythmia; and epileptic manifestations. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9807, 1944-1971

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9807
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, note and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 38 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; compound fracture of frontal bone and sinuses; hypaesthesia; multiple bone fractures; memory defect; headache; earache; behavioural changes; and post traumatic epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1971

PR2.9814, 1951-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9814
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: brain abscess; limb weakness; headache; vomiting; papilloedema; ataxia; septic thrombophlebitis; hemiparesis; and focal epileptic attacks. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1957

PR2.9819, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9819
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; optic atrophy; and exophthalmos. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9832, 1950-1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9832
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: septic thrombophlebitis; cerebral abscess; headache; papilloedema; third nerve paresis; facial paralysis; intracranial tension; and epileptic manifestations. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1966

PR2.9838, 1950-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9838
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 45 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: post traumatic epilepsy; ataxia; and spasticity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.9840, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9840
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.9841, 1951-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9841
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits, cryptogenic epilepsy; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.9847, 1951-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9847
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, note and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; papilloedema; facial weakness; and increased tone in limbs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952