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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:

PR2.14946, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14946
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14958, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14958
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; epileptic attacks; dysphasia; and glioblastoma multiforme. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14965, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14965
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic fits and; hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14966, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14966
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: post traumatic epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14969, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14969
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: Jacksonian epilepsy; and arteriovenous malformation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14976, 1955-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14976
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, drawing, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: oligo-astrocytoma; language disturbance; epileptic fits; papilloedema; and homonymous hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1960

PR2.14979, 1955-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14979
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 54 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: rodent ulcer; radio necrosis; radiation cerebral damage; pain syndrome; epilepsy; and drug intoxication state. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1961

PR2.14980, 1955-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14980
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: schizoid personality; coma; and grand mal attack. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1963

PR2.14987, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14987
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, note and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; Jacksonian epileptic fits; and agenesis of corpus callosum. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.14990, 1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14990
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: vasospastic epilepsy; and cerebral vasospasm. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955