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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:

PR2.11208, 1952-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11208
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, reports, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: fugue; and epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1953

PR2.11213, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11213
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11215, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11215
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11229, 1952-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11229
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; papilloedema; headache; hemiparesis; blackouts; epilepsy; facial palsy; and confusion. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1958

PR2.11249, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11249
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 67 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: post traumatic epilepsy; retinits; and opthalmological disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11262, 1951-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11262
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, drawing, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; extradural haematoma; headache; photophobia; hemiparesis; arteriovenous malformation; brain stem damage; Jacksonian epileptic attacks; ischaemia; and raised intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1960

PR2.11263, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11263
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: TB meningitis; head injury; photophobia; headache; cervical ribs; and Jacksonian epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11266, 1951-1967

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11266
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral thrombosis; bronchial pneumonia; myocardial infarction; limb weakness; hemipaeresis; epilepsy; and cerebral atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1967

PR2.11274, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11274
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11277, 1952-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11277
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and fits. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1953