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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:

PR3.2146, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.2146
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: meningovascular syphilis; and focal epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947

PR3.2159, 1948

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.2159
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and black-and-white photographs relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: Sturge-Weber Syndrome; epileptic attacks; mild headache; and fainting. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948

PR3.2169, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.2169
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and charts relating to male sailor from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: severe head injury; compound fracture; subarachnoid haemorrhage; and epileptic attacks. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR3.2171, 1949

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.2171
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and notes relating to male soldier from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949

PR4.1002, 1936-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1002
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head trauma; birth injury; epilepsy; and petit mal attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR4.1004, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1004
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; epilepsy; cyanosis; and twitching. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.1006, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1006
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 6 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: vascular lesion of cortex; mental deficiency; hemiparesis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.1010, 1936-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1010
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; head injury; memory impairment; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR4.1015, 1936-1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1015
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: toxaemia of pregnancy; dementia; transient blindness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR4.1017, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1017
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; nausea; vomiting; and arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936