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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:

PR4.981, 1936-1938

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.981
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, correspondence and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1938

PR4.985, 1936-1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.985
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?birth injury; gliosis; epilepsy; and facial weakness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1944

PR4.987, 1934-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.987
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report, black-and-white photograph, X-ray films and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 24 at first examination in 1934. Conditions mentioned include: ?cerebral abscess; ?septic sinus thrombosis; epilepsy; and papilloedema. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1934-1956

PR4.988, 1936-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.988
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: arteriosclerosis; homonymous hemianopia; epilepsy; and hemiplegia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR4.990, 1936-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.990
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; stuttering; and loss of memory. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR4.991, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.991
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and paraesthesiae in feet. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.993, 1936-1951

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.993
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: ?birth trauma of the brain; epilepsy; petit mal attacks; and loss of memory. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1951

PR4.994, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.994
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; epilepsy; petit mal attacks; and scarlet fever. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR4.995, 1936-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.995
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 11 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and dysarthria. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1938

PR4.996, 1936

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.996
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; epilepsy; low blood pressure; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936