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Epilepsy

 Subject

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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:

PR2.1773, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1773
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and fits. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1944
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1776, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1776
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1787, 1943-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1787
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1964
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1801, 1943-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1801
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; Meniere's syndrome; vertigo; epilepsy; and deafness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1962
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1811, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1811
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: Alzheimer's disease; bed-wetting; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1819, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1819
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: sciatica; prolapsed intervertebral disc; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1944
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1825, 1943-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1825
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: euphoria; head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1949
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1832, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1832
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1834, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1834
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; concussion; and head injury. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.1849, 1943-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1849
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)