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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:

PR1.675, 1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.675
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; epilepsy; headache; hemianopia; craniopharyngioma; chromophobe adenoma; and catalespsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1933

PR1.703, 1933-1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.703
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, drawing and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: diplopia; headache; epilepsy; seizures; and cortical atrophy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1934

PR1.733, 1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.733
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; aphasia; epilepsy; paraesthesia; headache; hemianopia; facial pain; vomiting; meningeal sarcoma; and failure of vision. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1934

PR1.743, 1934-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.743
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: paraesthesia; speech difficulty; seizures; epilepsy; headache; and cortical atrophy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1941

PR1.752, 1934-1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.752
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; seizures; headache; and tremor. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1936

PR1.772, 1934/1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.772
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and glioblastoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934/1935

PR1.775, 1934-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.775
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 41 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1949

PR1.776, 1934-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.776
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; headache; ependymoblastoma; cyst; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1959

PR1.789, 1934-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.789
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; seizures; angioma; and arteriovenous fistula. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1938

PR1.790, 1934-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.790
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 47 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; diplopia; and chromophobe adenoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died on second admission.

Dates: 1934-1938