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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:

PR2.16398, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16398
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attack; hemiparesis; and anxiety. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16414, 1955-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16414
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: hemiplegia; epilepsy; and hydrocephalus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.16421, 1956-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16421
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic; hallucinations; and loss of consciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1963

PR2.16426, 1956-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16426
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; epileptic; and intellectual deterioration. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1963

PR2.16429, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16429
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; unconscious; and convulsions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16447, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16447
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, correspondence and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 61 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; atrophy; and hallucinations. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16448, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16448
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral atrophy; epilepsy; and hallucinations. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.16451, 1956-1974

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16451
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral thrombophlebitis; epileptic fit; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1974

PR2.16458, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16458
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; presenile dementia; and Korsakov syndrome. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16459, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16459
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; atrophy; and fatigue. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957