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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:

PR2.15928, 1955-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15928
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, reports, charts and x-ray films relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: cerebellar astrocytoma; epileptic attacks; post-infective hydrocephalus; and arachnoiditis. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1965

PR2.15932, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15932
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; pain; and vomiting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.15963, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15963
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; numbness; and unconscious. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.15989, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15989
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.15994, 1956-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15994
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic seizures; and speech abnormality. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1959

PR2.15998, 1955-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15998
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts, correspondence, black-and-white photographs and x-ray films relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; hydrocephalus; blind; and epileptic attack. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1960

PR2.16001, 1955-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16001
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 55 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1962

PR2.16008, 1955-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16008
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: brain-stem damage; skull fracture; thrombosis; epileptic seizures; and ataxia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1957

PR2.16009, 1955-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16009
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; squint; and dysrhythmia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1958

PR2.16012, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16012
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; post-traumatic epilepsy; personality change; and tinnitus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957