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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:

PR2.16527, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16527
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 46 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956

PR2.16546, 1955-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16546
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and black-and-white photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; head injury; haematoma; intracranial pressure; epilepsy; and wound infection. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1958

PR2.16556, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16556
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; cryptogenic epilepsy; and unconscious. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16568, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16568
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: disturbance of consciousness; epilepsy; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16572, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16572
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy; clonic convulsions; and dizzy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16573, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16573
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: chronic glaucoma; facial weakness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16578, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16578
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; headache; and low backache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16583, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16583
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: blackouts; lost consciousness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16584, 1956-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16584
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and reports relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and osteophytosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1959

PR2.16585, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16585
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: vertebral compression fracture; skull fracture; cerebral concussion; vertigo ; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956