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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:

PR2.17905, 1957-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17905
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and anosmia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1959

PR2.17911, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17911
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17931, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17931
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; nausea; and dizziness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17952, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17952
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1957

PR2.17963, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17963
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17973, 1957-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17973
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1963

PR2.17997, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17997
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; memory defect; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18001, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18001
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral aneurysm; epilepsy; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18024, 1957-1964

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18024
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: neck injury; epilepsy; and numbness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1964

PR2.18025, 1957-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18025
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hemiparesis; and arachnoid meningioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1959