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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:

PR2.10164, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10164
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 6 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10168, 1951-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10168
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: idiopathic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952

PR2.10176, 1951-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10176
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: arteriovenous malformation; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1962

PR2.10182, 1951-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10182
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and Todd's palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1953

PR2.10188, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10188
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10189, 1948-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10189
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and petit-mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1951

PR2.10193, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10193
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, autopsy report, notes and photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10197, 1951-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10197
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1962

PR2.10199, 1951-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10199
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.10211, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10211
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; headache; subarachnoid haemorrhage; epilepsy; brain injury; head injury; arteriovenous malformation; and haematoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951