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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:

PR2.10488, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10488
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1951

PR2.10507, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10507
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; brain injury; failure of vision; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10508, 1951-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10508
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; mental defect; tremor; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1961

PR2.10509, 1951-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10509
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: birth trauma; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1953

PR2.10510, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10510
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; dizziness; head injury; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10524, 1951-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10524
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; psychopathic personality; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1953

PR2.10525, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10525
Scope and Contents

Report, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10531, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10531
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: gliotic brain damage; fits; gliosis; spastic limp; mental deficiency; dysrhythmia; spastic paresis; epilepsy; atrophied arm; and palsied hand. No treatment given. Patient discharged

Dates: 1951

PR2.10535, 1951-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10535
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; facial pain; ache in ear; paraesthesia; teeth infection; and migrainous facial neuralgia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1953

PR2.10537, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10537
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: uncontrollable jerking of limbs; back pain; leg pain; disc lesion; and focal epileptic attack. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951