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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:

PR2.18623, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18623
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.18631, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18631
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.18637, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18637
Scope and Contents

Notes and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.18648, 1958-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18648
Scope and Contents

Notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; dysarthria; general paralysis of the insane; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1960

PR2.18649, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18649
Scope and Contents

Notes, chart, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.18654, 1958-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18654
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1964

PR2.18655, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18655
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.18656, 1958-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18656
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1965

PR2.18668, 1958-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18668
Scope and Contents

Reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; unconsciousness; and mental disorder. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1965

PR2.18686, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18686
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958