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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:

PR2.1934, 1943-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1934
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; birth injury; ataxia; spasticity; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1956
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)

PR2.1935, 1943-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1935
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and work accident. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1946
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)

PR2.1936, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1936
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and speech difficulty. 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)

PR2.1942, 1941-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1942
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 24 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: concussion; fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1952
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)

PR2.1943, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1943
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland)aged 1 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: twitching; elevated temperature; right hemiparesis; epilepsy; spastic quadriplegia; amentia; and adiposity. 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)

PR2.1954, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1954
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, autopsy report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 47 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: numbness in arm; epilepsy; unconsciousness; headaches; vomiting; drowsy; astrocytoma; glioma; and glioblastoma. 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)

PR2.1955, 1943-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1955
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 41 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: depression; headache; epilepsy; personality change; and gross organic disorientation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1948
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)

PR2.1974, 1943-1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1974
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 33 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: amnesic; dysphasic; paralysed on right side; epilepsy; and aphasia. 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)

PR2.1989, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1989
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: paraplegia; paresis; head injury; 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)

PR2.1991, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1991
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No 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)