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Epilepsy, Absence

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A childhood seizure disorder characterized by rhythmic electrical brain discharges of generalized onset. Clinical features include a sudden cessation of ongoing activity usually without loss of postural tone. Rhythmic blinking of the eyelids or lip smacking frequently accompanies the SEIZURES. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Petit Mal

Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.9341, 1950-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9341
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, note and correspondence relating to female patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; optic atrophy; scotoma; and petit mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1954

PR2.9342, 1950-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9342
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and petit mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1964

PR2.9389, 1950-1981

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9389
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, tracer card and correspondence relating to male patient fromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; petit mal attacks; and fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1981

PR2.9395, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9395
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs, autopsy report, reports, chart and correspondence relating to male fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 60 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; papilloedema; drowsiness; headache; petit mal attacks; incontinence; intellectual deterioration; and deterioration of memory. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR2.9607, 1951-1952

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9607
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, reports and note relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: petit-mal; and narcolepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952

PR2.9630, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9630
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951

PR3.1154, 1943-1944

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Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1154
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to male soldier from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: depressed fracture of skull; abscess formation; subsequent right homonymous hemianopia; and "petit mal" attacks. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1944

PR3.1238, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1238
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female ATS member from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: minor concussional head injury; epilepsy (petit mal type); headaches; and fainting. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR3.1526, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.1526
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male driver first examined in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: lumbosacral radiculitis due to disc protrusion; lumbosacral pain; left sciatic pain; and petit mal episodes. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR4.1002, 1936-1937

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.1002
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: head trauma; birth injury; epilepsy; and petit mal attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1937