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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:

PR4.1019, 1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1019
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 8 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; hemiplegia; and mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.1020, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1020
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; loss of power in right limbs; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.1022, 1937-1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1022
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and anxiety neurosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1943

PR4.1026, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1026
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; headache; and loss of weight. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1031, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1031
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 58 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: birth cerebral injury; epilepsy; memory impairment; and petit mal attacks. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1033, 1937-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1033
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; concussional head injury; speech difficulty; and gliosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1948

PR4.1035, 1937-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1035
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 17 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; migraine; and whooping cough. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.1037, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1037
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental retardation; spastic hemipareis; and vascular lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1038, 1937-1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1038
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and acute nephritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1944

PR4.1040, 1937-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1040
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; developmental delay; and mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1939