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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:

PR4.726, 1934-1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.726
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; vomiting; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1935

PR4.727, 1934-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.727
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 12 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1937

PR4.728, 1934-1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.728
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; epilepsy; depression; and diffuse cortical sclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1936

PR4.733, 1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.733
Scope and Contents

Notes, correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 6 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; brain injury; and skull fracture. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934

PR4.734, 1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.734
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; haematemesis; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934

PR4.735, 1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.735
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral injury; ?birth injury; and hypotonia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934

PR4.737, 1934-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.737
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1942

PR4.740, 1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.740
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 38 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: shrapnel wound to the head; hemiplegia; epilepsy; and 'absences'. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934

PR4.743, 1934

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.743
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; dizziness; weakness in feet and arms; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934

PR4.745, 1934-1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.745
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, medical journal article and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 44 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; epilepsy; gliosis; and hypothalamic lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1936