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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:

PR1.853, 1934-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.853
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; aphasia; epilepsy; and cranial hyperostosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1946

PR1.889, 1935-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.889
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; headache; glioma; oligodendroglioma; and aphasia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1938

PR1.893, 1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.893
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR1.897, 1935-1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.897
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fits; epilepsy; and cortical sclerosis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1936

PR1.898, 1935-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.898
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1948

PR1.905, 1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.905
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 31 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; paraesthesia; olfactory hallucinations; papilloedema; failure of vision; and glioma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR1.928, 1935-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.928
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and seizures. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1942

PR1.934, 1935-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.934
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; seizures; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital after multiple admissions.

Dates: 1935-1937

PR1.944, 1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.944
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 56 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; epilepsy; meningitis; hydrocephalus; and head injury. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1935

PR1.945, 1935-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.945
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, photographs, patient card and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; epilepsy; head injury; aphasia; cyst; headache; hydrocephalus; and meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1946