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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:

PR1.1304, 1937-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1304
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: aphasia; paralysis; septicaemia; cerebral abscess; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1956

PR1.1330, 1937-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1330
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; numbness; epilepsy; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR1.1343, 1937

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1343
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and encephalitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR1.1363, 1937-1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1363
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; dizziness; fits; epilepsy; and pituitary tumour. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1938

PR1.1367, 1937-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1367
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1963

PR1.1377, 1937-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1377
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, drawing and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: fits; nausea; meningioma; epilepsy; and psychotic disorder. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1949

PR1.1380, 1937-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1380
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: fatigue; fits; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1941

PR1.1400, 1937-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1400
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and black and white photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; falling; and difficulty talking. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1946

PR1.1424, 1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1424
Scope and Contents

typed case summary, notes, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from outside Great Britain aged 29 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; headache; diplopia; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937

PR1.1461, 1937-1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1461
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; epilepsy; fits; and hemianopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1939