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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:

PR4.1540, 1939-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1540
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1946

PR4.1542, 1939-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1542
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR4.1559, 1939-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1559
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1939-1940

PR4.1561, 1939-1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1561
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: ?Cushing disease; epilepsy; tremor in hands; and homonymous hemianopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1943

PR4.1562, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1562
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; speech difficulty; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939

PR4.1564, 1939-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1564
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and autopsy report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: leptomeningitis; epilepsy; memory impairment; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR4.1574, 1939-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1574
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: chorea; epilepsy; headache; and obesity. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1945

PR4.1575, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1575
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 47 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: shrapnel wound to the head; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.1576, 1940-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1576
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; tremor; and irritability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1946

PR4.1578, 1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1578
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to head; epilepsy; head injury; and weakness in arm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940