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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:

PR4.1579, 1940-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1579
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: shrapnel wound; epilepsy; irritability; and dizziness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1941

PR4.1580, 1939-1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1580
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; and scotoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR4.1581, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1581
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and typed case summary relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 1 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.1582, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1582
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: hypertonus; weakness in left leg; facial numbness; and trigeminal paraesthesiae. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.1583, 1939-1940

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1583
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: diencephalitic epilepsy; unconsciousness; and sweating. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1940

PR4.1587, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1587
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.1591, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1591
Scope and Contents

Charts, correspondence and typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; visual hallucinations; headache; and scotoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940

PR4.1596, 1940-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1596
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1946

PR4.1598, 1940-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1598
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, reports and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1946

PR4.1604, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1604
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; facial weakness; dysarthria; and mental dullness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940