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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:

PR4.1206, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1206
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; petit mal; vomiting; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1208, 1938-1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1208
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; diplopia; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939

PR4.1210, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1210
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; somnolence; and change of behaviour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1210, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1210
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; somnolence; and change of behaviour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1213, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1213
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, report and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 70 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: cerebrovascular thrombosis; aphasia; epilepsy; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1215, 1937-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1215
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, report, charts and typed case summary relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; numbness in right limbs; and homonymous hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR4.1217, 1938-1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1217
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 0 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; hydrocephalus; spasticity in arm; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939

PR4.1218, 1933-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1218
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; epilepsy; and spasticity in foot. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1938

PR4.1224, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1224
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; headache; epilepsy; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1226, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1226
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and numbness in left side. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938