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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:

PR2.16014, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16014
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: amblyopia; epilepsy; and post-traumatic personality disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.16016, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16016
Scope and Contents

Correpondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: grand mal attacks; amnesia; and rhinophyma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16019, 1955-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16019
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; opisthotonos; and arteriovenous malformation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1963

PR2.16031, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16031
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy reports, notes, correspondence, reports, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: schizophrenic; lung collapse; and epileptic seizures. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.16039, 1955-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16039
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: hemiplegia; sinus thrombosis; and epileptic manifestations. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1958

PR2.16040, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16040
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral aneurysm; arterial hypertension; and epileptiform attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16042, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16042
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; pyrexia; and hemiparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16054, 1956-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16054
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: schizo-affective breakdown; epileptiform seizure; and drug overdose. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.16061, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16061
Scope and Contents

Correpondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic fit; and metabolic disturbance. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16068, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16068
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and unconcious. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956