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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:

PR4.1490, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1490
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; amentia; sialorrhoea; and insomnia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1497, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1497
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: cerebrovascular lesion; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1501, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1501
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 22 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1502, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1502
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; dizziness; facial weakness; and anosmia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1503, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1503
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; traumatic neuritis of scalp; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1506, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1506
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and weakness in fingers. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1507, 1939-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1507
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and autopsy report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; homonymous hemianopia; head injury; and weakness in right limbs. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1949

PR4.1508, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1508
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and dizziness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1511, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1511
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 41 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: shrapnel wound to the head; epilepsy; hallucinations; and dizziness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1513, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1513
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939