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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:

PR2.14253, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14253
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; glioblastoma multiforme; epileptic attack; drowsiness; and raised intracranial pressure. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14258, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14258
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14268, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14268
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: post traumatic epilepsy; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14274, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14274
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: venous thrombosis; and epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14291, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14291
Scope and Contents

Chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14308, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14308
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and petit mal attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.14313, 1954-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14313
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1958

PR2.14315, 1954-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14315
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; extradural and subdural haematoma; dysphasia; compound depressed skull fracture; Jacksonian seizures; temporal lobe clot; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1960

PR2.14316, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14316
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma; headache; blackouts; Jacksonian fits; drowsiness; and hypostatic pneumonia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14329, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14329
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: psychopathic partsonality; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956