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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:

PR2.12294, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12294
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; head injury; vomiting; headaches; menigitis; spasm; Bell's Palsy; unsteadiness; and anosmia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.12307, 1952-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12307
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and chart relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral lesion; thrombopheblitis; birth trauma; epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1952-1953

PR2.12309, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12309
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; and birth injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12310, 1953-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12310
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; intellectually backward; speech disorder; epilepsy; seizures; intracranial bleeding; and carotid thrombosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1959

PR2.12314, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12314
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; headaches; epilepsy; seizures; tinnitus; hypersalivation; amnesia; oedema; vomiting; vision disorder; and papilloedema. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12321, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12321
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; clonic tonic fits; tumour; cerebral atrophy; headache; asthenia; hair loss; weight loss; vision disorders; and personality change. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12328, 1953-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12328
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; epilepsy; seizures; head injury; and gait disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1959

PR2.12329, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12329
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and emotional strain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12330, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12330
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, reports, postmortem reports and photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; confusion; fainting attacks; epilepsy; seizures; amnesia; headaches; vision disorder; tinnitus; vertigo; and haematuria. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12341, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12341
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953