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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:

PR2.18784, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18784
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.18788, 1958-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18788
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; and tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1960

PR2.18791, 1958-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18791
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; basal brain damage; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1960

PR2.18802, 1958-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18802
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 1958. Conditions mentioned include: post-concussional syndrome; epilepsy; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.18805, 1957-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18805
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hypertension; and cerebral ischaemia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958

PR2.18818, 1958-1968

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18818
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; epilepsy; and emotional incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1968

PR2.18833, 1958-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18833
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.18834, 1958-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18834
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and dizziness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1960

PR2.18845, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18845
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; hemiparesis; and epileptiform attacks. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.18847, 1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18847
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958