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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:

PR1.590, 1933-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.590
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; paraesthesia; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1947

PR1.594, 1933

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.594
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 52 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; epilepsy; hemiparesis; Paget's disease; angioblastoma; and meningioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1933

PR1.601, 1933

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.601
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from outside Great Britain aged 27 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal; epilepsy; headache; diplopia; glioma; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1933

PR1.614, 1933-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.614
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; glioma; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1949

PR1.631, 1932-1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.631
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1934

PR1.644, 1933-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.644
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; facial paralysis; arterio-venous fistula; proptosis; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1963

PR1.650, 1933

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.650
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; seizures; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933

PR1.660, 1933-1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.660
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; encephalitis; aphasia; and neurosyphilis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1936

PR1.667, 1933-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.667
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1962

PR1.668, 1933-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.668
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 12 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial pressure; meningitis; hydrocephalus; epilepsy; papilloedema; seizures; and aphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1939