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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:

PR4.932, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.932
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and notes relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 46 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and petit mal attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.940, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.940
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and typed case summary relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 2 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: Little's disease; spastic gait; epilepsy; and developmental delay. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.941, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.941
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; and hemiparesis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.942, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.942
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; petit mal attacks; and mental deterioration. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.943, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.943
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians first examined in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.946, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.946
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?chronic encephalitis; epilepsy; mental deficiency; and depression. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.947, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.947
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: birth cerebral injury; epilepsy; mental impairment; and hypotonia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.949, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.949
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: syphilitic encephalitis; mental deterioration; hemiplegia; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.953, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.953
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; tinnitus; stiffness in fingers; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.956, 1936-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.956
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1941