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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:

PR4.616, 1932-1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.616
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient first examined in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: cortical sclerosis; epilepsy; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1933

PR4.618, 1932

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.618
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: meningoencephalitis; hemiplegia; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.619, 1932

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.619
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: ?syphilis; visual impairment; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.621, 1932-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.621
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: encephalomyelitis; epilepsy; cerebral sclerosis; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1951

PR4.622, 1932-1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.622
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; neuritis; bone tumour; and infection. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1934

PR4.628, 1932

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.628
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hemiplegia; vomiting; and blindness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.631, 1932-1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.631
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: epileptiform fits; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1939

PR4.632, 1932-1933

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.632
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; defect in mental development; hemiplegia; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1933

PR4.633, 1932

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.633
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; epilepsy; and homonymous hemianopsia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932

PR4.634, 1932

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.634
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient aged 8 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932