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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:

PR2.16850, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16850
Scope and Contents

Notes, autopsy report and black-and-white photographs relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 63 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic fits; coma; and intra-cerebral haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16861, 1956-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16861
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, charts and x-ray films relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epileptic seizures; sylvian fissure malformation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1963

PR2.16862, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16862
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16871, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16871
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: right frontal bone fracture; epilepsy; and facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.16873, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16873
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: headache; concussional head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16878, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16878
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and reports relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and hyperventilation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16880, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16880
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; dysphasic; epilepsy; and carcinoma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16889, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16889
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: post-concussional syndrome; post-traumatic epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.16895, 1956-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16895
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; and scalp haematoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1958

PR2.16896, 1956-1966

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16896
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence, reports, charts and x-ray films relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; hemiparesis; and epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1966