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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:

PR4.1331, 1938-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1331
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; dizzy turns; weakness in right hand; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1949

PR4.1332, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1332
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; incontinence; chorea; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1333, 1938-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1333
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; fatigue; and confusion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1941

PR4.1336, 1938-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1336
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; chorea; and slow mental development. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939

PR4.1337, 1938-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1337
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 1 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939

PR4.1341, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1341
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; head injury; and 'shaking turns'. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1342, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1342
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1343, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1343
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; sleepiness; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1345, 1938-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1345
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1941

PR4.1346, 1938-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1346
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; facial asymmetry; depression; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1943