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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:

PR4.2635, 1941-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2635
Scope and Contents

Typed case summaries, correspondence, report and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: melanostic sarcoma of right eye with metastases; streptococcal dermatitis; loss of vision in right eye; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1944

PR4.2637, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2637
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: idiopathic epilepsy; and mental degeneration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR4.2639, 1931-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2639
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) first examined in 1931. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and petit mal. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1931-1938

PR4.2645, 1938-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2645
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; unconsciousness; aphasia; and ?cerebrovascular lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1939

PR4.2652, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2652
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: rheumatic encephalitis (chorea); swelling of the face and joints; epilepsy; and myocarditis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR2.10000, 1951-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10000
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; vomiting; and thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1960

PR2.10011, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10011
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and brain damage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10013, 1950-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10013
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: arterial thrombosis; coronary thrombosis; stroke; epilepsy; dysphasia; and aphasia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1952

PR2.10015, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10015
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10020, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10020
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951