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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:

PR2.10344, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10344
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10345, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10345
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10351, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10351
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; and seizures. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10354, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10354
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: mental defect; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10357, 1951-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10357
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952

PR2.10358, 1951-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10358
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fainting; and myocardial infarction. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.10366, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10366
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10376, 1951-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10376
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: venous thrombosis; cerebral atrophy; subdural haematoma; subdural effusion; fits; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952

PR2.10380, 1951-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10380
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; meningioma; convulsions; epilepsy; vomiting; aphasia; and headache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952

PR2.10381, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10381
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and autopsy report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; subdural haematoma; skull fracture, epilepsy; and fits. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951