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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:

PR2.14519, 1954-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14519
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: healed vascular anomaly; epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; facial weakness; headaches; pneumonia; pleurisy; calcified lesion; and poliomyelitis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.14530, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14530
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14531, 1954-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14531
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: gliosis; astrocytoma; hemianopia; expressive dysphasia; and epileptic attack. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1954-1963

PR2.14545, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14545
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral vascular lesion; and epileptic manifestions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14559, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14559
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: retarded mental development; epilepsy; unsteady hands; and unsteady gait. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14567, 1954-1964

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14567
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; tachycardia; low backache; prolapsed intervertebral disc; and myocardial trouble. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1964

PR2.14573, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14573
Scope and Contents

Chart, note, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 69 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: focal epilepsy; pain in leg and foot; gliosis; and drowsiness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14575, 1954-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14575
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hypertension; and seizures. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.14590, 1954-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14590
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: oligo-astrocytoma; astro-oligodenro-glioma; extra-dural haematoma; epileptic attacks; hemiparesis; and 6th cranial nerve paralysis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14591, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14591
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: focal epilepsy; dizziness; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955