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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:

PR2.12684, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12684
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: idiopathic epilepsy; and spastic gait. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12690, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12690
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12700, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12700
Scope and Contents

Note, report, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: spastic hemiparesis; arteriosclerotic retinopathy; brain damage; papilloedema; epileptic seizures; vascular accident; and aneurysm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12703, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12703
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, charts and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 25 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: cirsoid aneurysm; epileptic attack; and arteriovenous abnormality. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.12704, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12704
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; hemianopia; epileptic attacks; and brachial paralysis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12705, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12705
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: idiopathic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.12707, 1953-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12707
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: arteriovenous malformation; cerebral cicatrix; subarachnoid haemorrhage; epilepsy; head injury; and sepsis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1960

PR2.12708, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12708
Scope and Contents

correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12712, 1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12712
Scope and Contents

Note, chart, correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953

PR2.12721, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12721
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954