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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:

PR2.891, 1942-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.891
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 7 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: absences; pyknolepsy; fits; and unconsciousness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1963

PR2.891, 1942-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.891
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 7 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: absences; pyknolepsy; fits; and unconsciousness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1963

PR2.939, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.939
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; petit mal; and luminal intolerance. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.990, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.990
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal; obsessive-compulsive neurosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR3.281, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.281
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male corporal fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland)aged 25 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; and petit mal attacks. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR3.300, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.300
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and note relating to male aircraftman fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 28 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; headache; bilateral otitis media; migraine; and petit mal. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR3.305, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.305
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male lance corporal fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 25 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: diplopia; nystagmus; headache; unsteady gait; vertigo; severe concussional head injury; petit mal; and post traumatic epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR3.376, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.376
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male stoker fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1941 Conditions mentioned include: attacks of unconsciousness; headache; post traumatic epilepsy; and petit mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941

PR3.561, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.561
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to malecorporal fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 32 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: psycho-motor epilepsy; personality deterioration; dimness of vision; and petit mal. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR3.598, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB40 CC/2/PR3.598
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to malechief petty officer fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 40 at first examination in1942 Conditions mentioned include: migrainous headache; eye pain; deaf in left ear; giddiness; petit mal episodes; right paraesthesiae; nystagmus; localised epilepsy; and lumbago. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942