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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:

PR2.10279, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10279
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10282, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10282
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary; report; note and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10293, 1951-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10293
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; unconsciousness; head injury; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1955

PR2.10294, 1951-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10294
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; unsteadiness; and fits. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1957

PR2.10297, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10297
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cystic astrocytoma; dizziness; convulsions; headache; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10306, 1951-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10306
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 37 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; paraparesis; hemiplegia; and oligodendroglioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1961

PR2.10320, 1951-1964

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10320
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; subdural hygroma; vomiting; hydrocephalus; unconsciousness; fits; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1964

PR2.10322, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10322
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fit; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10324, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10324
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: migraine; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10329, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10329
Scope and Contents

Report, notes, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; dizziness; headache; epilepsy; and osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951