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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:

PR2.11281, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11281
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11283, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11283
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11293, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11293
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11299, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11299
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; Jacksonian epilepsy; right parietal lobe syndrome; and facial weakness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11313, 1952-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11313
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: headache; attacks of unconsciousness; and epileptic manifestations. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1954

PR2.11314, 1950-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11314
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral lesion; and behaviouristic abnormalities. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1953

PR2.11317, 1952-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11317
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy; and fits. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1960

PR2.11325, 1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11325
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: encephalo-myelocele; epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11336, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11336
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: mental defective; epilepsy; birth injury; encephalitis; and thrombo-phlebitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952

PR2.11353, 1952-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11353
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: naevus condition; facio-brachial paresis; aphasia; epilepsy; subarachnoid haemorrhage; Todd's paresis; hypoaesthesia; and angiomata. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1958