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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:

PR2.12653, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12653
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial calcification; deafness; subdural haematoma; and epileptic seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12654, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12654
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral haemorrhage; and epileptic attacks. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.12655, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12655
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, chart and note relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: attacks of unconsciousness; hand tremor; limb weakness; and epileptic attack. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12659, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12659
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; incontinence; epilepsy; papilloedema; 6th nerve paresis; hemianiopia; confusion; and pulmonary embolism. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12666, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12666
Scope and Contents

Report, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12667, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12667
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: focal epileptic attacks; and vascular lesion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12674, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12674
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: post traumatic syndrome; shoulder pain; nausea; vomiting; headache; blackouts; anxiety; epilepsy; and brain damage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.12676, 1953-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12676
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculoma; headache; facial asymmetry; pulomary tuberculosis; spastic hemiparesis; epilepsy; progressive dystonia; and flexor contracture of left elbow. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1965

PR2.12680, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12680
Scope and Contents

correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; and anaemia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12681, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12681
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; and lumbar backache. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953