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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:

PR4.675, 1933-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.675
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; trigeminal neuralgia; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1950

PR4.677, 1933

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.677
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental retardation; headache; and facial paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933

PR4.683, 1932-1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.683
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; dizziness; and memory impairment. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1933

PR4.684, 1932-1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.684
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1932. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1932-1933

PR4.685, 1933

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.685
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and Raynaud's disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933

PR4.689, 1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.689
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; headache; epilepsy; and dizziness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933

PR4.690, 1933-1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.690
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1935

PR4.691, 1933

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.691
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; intellectual defect; and general paralysis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933

PR4.694, 1933-1934

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.694
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 57 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; scalp cellulitis; longitudinal sinus thrombosis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933-1934

PR4.696, 1933

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.696
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; speech difficulty; and mental retardation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1933