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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:

PR2.17194, 1957-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17194
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: headache; periorbital haematoma; and post-traumatic epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1965

PR2.17196, 1955-1967

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17196
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, black-and-white photographs and x-ray films relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hemiplegia; and mental retardation. Nonsurgical treatment and surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1967

PR2.17216, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17216
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; epileptic attacks; and subcortical haemorrhage. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.17230, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17230
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: headache; light-headedness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.17231, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17231
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts, autopsy reports and drawings relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; anterior communicating aneurysm; and epileptic attack. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.17244, 1956-1964

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17244
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: communicating hydrocephalus; vomiting; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1964

PR2.17246, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17246
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17251, 1956-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17251
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: recklinghausen's disease; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.17258, 1956-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17258
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.17259, 1957-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17259
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: headache; head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958