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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:

PR2.14758, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14758
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: dysphasic defects; epileptic attack; linear fracture of skull; head injury; and facial asymmetry. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14765, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14765
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, note and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; and focal epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.14777, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14777
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; dwarfism; educationally retarded; and cerebral anoxia at birth. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14785, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14785
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14786, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14786
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographic slides, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: Jacksonian epilepsy; paraesthesia; and behaviour abnormalities. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.14791, 1954-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14791
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral venous thrombosis; brainstem damage; head injury; aphasia; dizziness; and Jacksonian attack. Nonsurigcal treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1957

PR2.14795, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14795
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 66 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14797, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14797
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from outside Great Britain aged 30 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and thyrotoxicosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14802, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14802
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: idiopathic epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14811, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14811
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: thyrotoxicosis; hypertension; episodes of epileptic status; aurricular fibrillation; dysphasia; and cerebro-vascular accident. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955