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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:

PR2.17772, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17772
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mentally retarded; and macrocephaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17777, 1957-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17777
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 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958

PR2.17789, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17789
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: fits; headache; and epileptogenic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17795, 1957-1964

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17795
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; subhyaloid haemorrhages; and hemiplegia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1964

PR2.17850, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17850
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17851, 1956-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17851
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic seizures; headache; and migrainous attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1958

PR2.17859, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17859
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attack; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17864, 1957-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17864
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; headache; and Bell's Palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1960

PR2.17865, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17865
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and cerebral atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17891, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17891
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: compulsion neurosis; and minor epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957