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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:

PR2.15880, 1955-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15880
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: malignant cerebral astrocytoma; papilloedema; intracranial pressure; cyst; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1958

PR2.15882, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15882
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, autopsy report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic seizures; cerebral thrombophlebitis; and terminal pneumonia. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hosptial.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15892, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15892
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports, autopsy report, notes and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial hypertension; epileptic seizures; papilloedema; psychological deterioration; meningitis; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15893, 1955-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15893
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; and facial paresis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1961

PR2.15896, 1955-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15896
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: dysrhythmia; epilepsy; and tumour. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1958

PR2.15899, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15899
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: paraethesiae; epileptic attack; pyrexia; anaemia; hemiparesis; hemianopia; and pelvic infection. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15911, 1955-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15911
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; haematoma; epilepsy; and atrophy. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1960

PR2.15913, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15913
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: unconscious; convulsions; and epileptic attack. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15920, 1956-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15920
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, notes, charts and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attack; astrocytoma; and tuberculosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1958

PR2.15921, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15921
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, reports, correspondence, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma; epilepsy; and bronchopneumonia. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hosptial.

Dates: 1955-1956