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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:

PR4.834, 1935-1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.834
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral cysticercosis; epilepsy; nausea; and visual hallucinations. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1936

PR4.837, 1935-1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.837
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: cortical sclerosis; head injury; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1937

PR4.838, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.838
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.840, 1935-1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.840
Scope and Contents

Notes, typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: intracranial haemorrhage; hydrocephalus; mental deficiency; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1936

PR4.843, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.843
Scope and Contents

Notes, typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; change of personality; epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.852, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.852
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.854, 1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.854
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: infantile encephalitis; chorea; epilepsy; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.857, 1935

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.857
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: brain injury; epilepsy; mental deficiency; and speech difficulty. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935

PR4.858, 1935-1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.858
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; headache; and congenital syphilis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1937

PR4.859, 1935

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.859
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1935. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935