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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:

PR4.959, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.959
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; hypertonus; mental retardation; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.959, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.959
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 7 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; hypertonus; mental retardation; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.960, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.960
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?encephalitis; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.968, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.968
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; facial weakness; nystagmus; and erysipelas. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.970, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.970
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; obesity; and pubertas praecox. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.971, 1936-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.971
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; petit mal attacks; and memory impairment. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1945

PR4.972, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.972
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; epilepsy; visual hallucinations; and paraesthesiae. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.976, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.976
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.978, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.978
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and petit mal attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.980, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.980
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; obesity; and mental impairment. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936