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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:

PR4.1418, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1418
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 38 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: encephalomyelitis disseminata; retrobulbar neuritis; dysarthria; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1420, 1938-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1420
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1942

PR4.1422, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1422
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1424, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1424
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and tuberculosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1430, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1430
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: ?encephalitis; mental defect; brain injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1431, 1939-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1431
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; facial asymmetry; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR4.1433, 1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1433
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) first examined in 1966. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; oligomanorrhoea; nausea; and vertigo. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1966

PR4.1434, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1434
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; petit mal; epilepsy; and chorea. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1435, 1939-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1435
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1950

PR4.1437, 1939-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1437
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; dizziness; epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1940