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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:

PR2.10077, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10077
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; and amnesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10081, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10081
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10094, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10094
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 61 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: neoplasm; epilepsy; aphasia; fainting; fits; apractic difficulties; agnosia; hemianopia; alexia; hemiparesis; agraphia; occipito-temporal lesion; and hemihypo-aesthesia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10111, 1951-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10111
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; gout; epilepsy; hemiparesis; emotional instability; depression; astrocytoma; haematoma; malignant glioma; broncho-pneumonia; and head injury. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.10118, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10118
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 70 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10127, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10127
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and neurosyphilis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10138, 1951-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10138
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, correspondence and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: septic thrombophlebitis; extradural abscess; nystagmus; epilepsy; fits; depression; emotional instability; vomiting; sinusitis; and hysteria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1960

PR2.10153, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10153
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral atrophy; leg weakness; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10154, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10154
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 69 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral arteriosclerosis; face spasms; and hand spasms. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10158, 1951-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10158
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; brain abscess; meningitis; depression; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1960