Stories
- Article
The epilepsy diagnosis
Epilepsy exists between the mind and body, something that Aparna Nair experienced for herself when she was diagnosed as a teenager.
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Electrical epilepsy and the EEG Test
The EEG (electroencephalograph) literally electrified the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. But for Aparna Nair the dreaded EEG tests of her adolescence were a painful ordeal.
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The first seizure
Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.
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The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
Catalogue
- Books
Epilepsy : a family guide / Epilepsy Association of Scotland.
Date: [1990?]- Books
Guidelines for women with epilepsy thinking about pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood / Royal College of Midwives with the Epilepsy Association of Scotland.
Date: 1991- Pictures
Ian Ceely, a marathon runner, subject to epilepsy, running along the embankment of a river; representing the sporting abilities of an epileptic man. Colour lithograph, 1996.
Date: [19]96Reference: 2016641i- Ephemera
Epilepsy ephemera. Box 1.
- Archives and manuscripts
Mitchell, W., Falconer, Murray A., Hill, Denis - Epilepsy with Fetishism Relieved by Temporal Lobotomy
Date: 1954Reference: DGH1/10/2/9Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital