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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:

PR4.1182, 1938-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1182
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; incontinence of urine; headache; and cerebral birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1942

PR4.1183, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1183
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and developmental delay. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1184, 1938-1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1184
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1940

PR4.1186, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1186
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fainting turns; epilepsy; and memory deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1193, 1937-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1193
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; progressive mental degeneration; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.1195, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1195
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and alcoholism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1199, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1199
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; aphasia; epilepsy; arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1200, 1938-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1200
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: facial pain; epilepsy; neck pain; and obesity. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1950

PR4.1201, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1201
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: blurry vision; epilepsy; and petit mal attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.1204, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1204
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; post-concussional headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938