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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:

PR2.12400, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12400
Scope and Contents

correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12406, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12406
Scope and Contents

correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; intracranial birth trauma; and retarded development. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12412, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12412
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 72 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic manifestations; cerebral atrophy; and arteriosclerotic encephalopathy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12416, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12416
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma; dysphasi; epileptic attacks; left parietal tumour with uncal herniation; and papilloedema. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12420, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12420
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: attacks of weakness; and Jacksonian epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12439, 1953-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12439
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; hemiparesis; and Todd's paresis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1956

PR2.12444, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12444
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, note, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; paresthesiae; and tonic hand movements. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12445, 1953-1970

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12445
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; bronchopneumonia; mental deterioration; and calcified intracranial cyst. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1970

PR2.12459, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12459
Scope and Contents

correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral vasospasm; focal epilepsy; and attacks of numbness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12461, 1953-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12461
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, note and chart relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and psychopathic personality. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1963