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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:

PR4.882, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.882
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: basal encephalitis; epilepsy; and excess of weight. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.884, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.884
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?syphilis; ?birth injury; amentia; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.885, 1936-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.885
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1954

PR4.892, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.892
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?encephalitis; cerebral sclerosis; obesity; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.893, 1935-1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.893
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 34 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1935-1936

PR4.894, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.894
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; visual field defect; head injury; and hemianopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.895, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.895
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; hemiparesis; and developmental delay. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.903, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.903
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.904, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.904
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.905, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.905
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and birth trauma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936