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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:

PR1.1218, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1218
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; fits; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR1.1228, 1936-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1228
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR1.1229, 1936

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1229
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 3 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: fits; scarlet fever; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936

PR1.1234, 1936-1950

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1234
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; and numbness. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1950

PR1.1250, 1936-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1250
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR1.1251, 1936-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1251
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; narcolepsy; and haemangiomatosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937

PR1.1264, 1936-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1264
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; epilepsy; and numbness in legs. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1961

PR1.1265, 1936-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1265
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 46 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; petit mal; gunshot imjury; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1949

PR1.1266, 1937-1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1266
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; hemianopia; and meningioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1944

PR1.1284, 1937-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1284
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; cortical atrophy; cortical necrosis; headache; paraesthesia; haemorrhage; cerebral derangement; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1948