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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:

PR1.1484, 1938-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1484
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; blindness; meningioma; dizziness; epilepsy; and seizures. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1953

PR1.1501, 1938

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1501
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, black and white photographs, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: fits; twitching; exanthema; vaso-motor imbalance; epilepsy; tuberculosis; motor paresis; headache; lesions; turbeculoma; and neoplasms. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938

PR1.1520, 1938-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1520
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: glioma; fits; aphasia; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1944

PR1.1555, 1938-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1555
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1948

PR1.1571, 1938-1953

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1571
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, newspaper clipping, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 26 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; depression; anosmia; fits; epilepsy; headache; head injuries; and intracranial aerocele. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1953

PR1.1626, 1938-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1626
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: headache; meningioa; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1959

PR1.1651, 1939

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1651
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and photographs relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; hallucinations; diplopia; and meningioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1939

PR1.1660, 1938-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1660
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, drawing and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1938. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1938-1961

PR1.1684, 1939-1949

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1684
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; paresis; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1949

PR1.1734, 1939

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1734
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1939