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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:

PR4.1439, 1939-1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1439
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; developmental retardation; speech difficulty; and brain damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR4.1443, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1443
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral embolism; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1444, 1939-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1444
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; pneumonia; paresis; and athetosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR4.1446, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1446
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1452, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1452
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1453, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1453
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; and whooping cough. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1455, 1939-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1455
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; facial weakness; and weakness in left limbs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1941

PR4.1459, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1459
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: ?infantile encephalitis; epilepsy; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1460, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1460
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: ?encephalitis; ?birth injury; epilepsy; and basal ganglia lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1462, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1462
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental deficiency; gliosis; and malnutrition of foetus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939