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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:

PR2.15828, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15828
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: ulcer; head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15854, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15854
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, charts and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; personality change; dysphasia; and concussional head injury. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15861, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15861
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes, reports and x-ray films relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15864, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15864
Scope and Contents

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: 1955-1956

PR2.15867, 1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15867
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: grand mal attacks; epilepsy; and hyperostosis frontalis interna. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955

PR2.15868, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15868
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15869, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15869
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correpondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; subarachnoid haemorrhage; arterio-venous angioma; and xanthochromia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15873, 1956-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15873
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizure; and unconscious. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1963

PR2.15876, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15876
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: fits; convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.15878, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15878
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956