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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:

PR2.17695, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17695
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17700, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17700
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: personality deterioration; epilepsy; and excessive alcohol intake. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17715, 1957-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17715
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attack; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1960

PR2.17737, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17737
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hemispastic gait; cerebral arteriosclerosis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17739, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17739
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; and thrombo-phlebitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17753, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17753
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 52 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: choroido-retinitis; poor vision; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17754, 1957-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17754
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; amnesia; and giddy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958

PR2.17761, 1957-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17761
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, charts and x-ray films relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: malignant astrocytoma; epilepsy; and paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958

PR2.17766, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17766
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hemiparesis; and neoplasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17770, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17770
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and impaired vision. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957