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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:

PR2.18037, 1957-1967

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18037
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; and defective memory. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1967

PR2.18039, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18039
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; limb rigidity; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18041, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18041
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18042, 1957-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18042
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and hypermetropia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1959

PR2.18052, 1957-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18052
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and loss of consciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958

PR2.18055, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18055
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral aneurysm; subarachnoid haemorrhage; cerebral artery spasm; epileptic attack; and aphasia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18058, 1957-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18058
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1959

PR2.18066, 1957-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18066
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1965

PR2.18070, 1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18070
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.18084, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18084
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957