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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:

PR2.14640, 1953-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14640
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: vertiginous epilepsy; middle ear disease; and thrombophlebitic process in right temporal lobe. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1955

PR2.14647, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14647
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: choreic-epileptic syndrome; encephalitis; and chicken pox. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14652, 1954-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14652
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; epileptic attack; and hyperplasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.14665, 1950-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14665
Scope and Contents

Reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 43 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: nocturnal epilepsy; and anxiety neurosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1955

PR2.14686, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14686
Scope and Contents

Notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy with narcolepsy; cortical atrophy; and hypersomnia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.14688, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14688
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and ataxia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.14691, 1954-1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14691
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, x-ray films, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: temporal lobe epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1966

PR2.14692, 1955-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14692
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1959

PR2.14710, 1955-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14710
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient was not examined.

Dates: 1955-1961

PR2.14717, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14717
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955