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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:

PR2.2002, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2002
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; dementia; brain injuries; and punch drunk. 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)

PR2.2015, 1943-1965

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2015
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; dizziness; and amnesia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1965
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)

PR2.2024, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2024
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; convulsions; 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)

PR2.2032, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2032
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; 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)

PR2.2058, 1943-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2058
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, autopsy report, drawing, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 49 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; dysarthria; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1958
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)

PR2.2062, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2062
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; 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)

PR2.2063, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2063
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal; 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)

PR2.2070, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2070
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; 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)

PR2.2076, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2076
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: 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)

PR2.2083, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2083
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; head injury; fits; 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)