Epilepsy

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury (foreign body in left fronto-parietal region); post-traumatic epilepsy; headaches; and right-sided paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 33 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: calcified lesion of left-temporal lobe causing epilepsy; chronic abscess in lumbar region; "attacks of giddiness"; and nystagmus. Nonsurgical and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: shrapnel wound in left parietal-occipital region; post-traumatic epilepsy with a tendency to absent-mindedness; and aphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and chart relating to male sailor aged 38 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: (?) post-traumatic epilepsy; extra-pyramidal motor disturbances; visual disturbances; and "hysterical overlay". No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, notes and chart relating to female ATS member from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury with scalp lacerations; possible traumatic epilepsy; dizziness; and attacks of loss of consciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: compound fracture of left frontal sinus; cerebrospinal fluid leak from nose; and post-operative epilepsy attack. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary, correspondence, report, and notes relating to male soldier from outside Great Britain aged 32 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; post-traumatic epilepsy; anxiety neurosis; and hypochondriasis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 44 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; post-traumatic epilepsy; slight left sensory and motor impairment of extremities; and left hemiparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male soldier from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy due to old brain injury; headaches; dizziness; and otitis media. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Typed case summary relating to male airman from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to chest; post-traumatic headaches; and giddiness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.