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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:

PR2.10701, 1952-1981

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10701
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1981

PR2.10708, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10708
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; epilepsy; and astrocytoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10726, 1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10726
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, note, drawing, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; headache; papilloedema; epilepsy and ruptured aneurysm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1951

PR2.10728, 1951-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10728
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, note, x-ray films and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: aneurysm; petit mal; epilepsy; headache; optic atrophy; developmental abnormalities; and blindness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1957

PR2.10736, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10736
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; neck pain; sinus disorder; chordoma; epilepsy; seizures; migraine; and fibrositis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.10738, 1951-1964

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10738
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1964

PR2.10740, 1951-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10740
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1965

PR2.10745, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10745
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: spastic hemi-paresis; head injury; headache; amnesia; aphasia; migraines; epilepsy; seizure; depression; and vision disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.10748, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10748
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 21 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: astroblastoma; hemi-hypaesthesia; hemi-paresis; epilepsy; seizures; and dysphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.10756, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10756
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: multiple aneurysms; headaches; dizziness; vomiting; unconsciousness; subarachnoid haemorrhage; epilepsy; seizures; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1952