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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:

PR2.14389, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14389
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: diplopia; and epileptic manifestations. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14407, 1954-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14407
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental deterioration; behaviour problems; and hyperkinetic. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1959

PR2.14408, 1954-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14408
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.14409, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14409
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14414, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14414
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; delusional state; and cerebral atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.14416, 1954-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14416
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral vascular lesion; epilepsy; headache; and ischaemic lesion. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14417, 1954-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14417
Scope and Contents

Notes, report, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth trauma; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1959

PR2.14433, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14433
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14439, 1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14439
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 75 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: senile encephalopathy; narcolepsy; epileptic manifestations; and psychotic manifestations. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14458, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14458
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, photograph, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female pateint from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscess; subdural effusion; drowsiness; hemiparesis; epileptic fits; and encephalitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956