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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:

PR2.13412, 1953-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13412
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: dorsal meningocele; B coli meningitis; subdural effusions; communicating hydrocephalus; porencephalitic cysts; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.13413, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13413
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; amnesia; gait disorder; personality change; speech disorder; and organic deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.13425, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13425
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and chart relating to male patient aged 53 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumaitic epilepsy; seizures; head injury; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13426, 1954-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13426
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; tonic-clonic movements; seizures; head injury; speech disorder; facial weakness; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1958

PR2.13429, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13429
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; epilepsy; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13431, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13431
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; hysteria; stammer; unconsciousness; double incontinence; homonymous hemianopsia; and mental disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.13446, 1951-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13446
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; diplopia; mental retardation; ataxia; and nystagmus. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1954

PR2.13454, 1953-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13454
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; papilloedema; epileptic fits; spastic foot drop; headache; vomiting; and migrainous attacks. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1962

PR2.13462, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13462
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13464, 1953-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13464
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photograph, report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: aneurysm; subarachnoid bleeding; hemiplegia; dysarthria; homonymous hemianopia; epileptic seizure; meningitis; and eosinophil granuloma of left femur. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1957