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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:

PR4.1379, 1937-1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1379
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1939

PR4.1380, 1938-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1380
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and facial palsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1958

PR4.1384, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1384
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 25 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1385, 1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1385
Scope and Contents

Notes, typed case summary, charts, report, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: hemiplegia; drowsiness; cyanosis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1938

PR4.1386, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1386
Scope and Contents

Notes, typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; amnesia; headache; and anosmia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1387, 1939-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1387
Scope and Contents

Notes, typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: ?brain injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1953

PR4.1388, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1388
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: neck rigidity; sixth nerve palsy; headache; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1392, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1392
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, black-and-white photograph, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 2 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; overweight; epilepsy; and slight mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1393, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1393
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: infantile encephalitis; mental deficiency; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1394, 1938-1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1394
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral arteriosclerosis; facial weakness; epilepsy; and memory impairment. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939