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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:

PR4.786, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.786
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient first examined in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound to the head; skull fracture; cerebral injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.787, 1935-1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.787
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; vomiting; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1937

PR4.790, 1935-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.790
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic epilepsy; tinnitus; dysarthria; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1959

PR4.793, 1935-1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.793
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 12 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; absences; and gliosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1936

PR4.801, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.801
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; parkinsonism; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.802, 1935/1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.802
Scope and Contents

Charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; diplopia; hallucinations; and acromegaly. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935/1961

PR4.804, 1935-1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.804
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; papilloedema; and hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1936

PR4.805, 1935-1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.805
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; sweating; laboured breathing; and anxiety neurosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1936

PR4.807, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.807
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.809, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.809
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; diplopia; headache; and hemianopsia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935