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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:

PR2.2164, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2164
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and petit mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.2165, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2165
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fainting; and cerebral atrophy. 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)

PR2.2170, 1944-1967

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2170
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and mental deficiency. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1967
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)

PR2.2171, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2171
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; birth injury; and brain injury. 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)

PR2.2175, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2175
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.2186, 1943-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2186
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, drawing, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; convulsions; epilepsy; aphasia; diplopia; and intracranial pressure. Surgical and nonsurgical 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)

PR2.2187, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2187
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and petit mal. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.2189, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2189
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: 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)

PR2.2205, 1941/1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2205
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and cerebral vascular degeneration. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941/1944
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)

PR2.2215, 1943-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2215
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; failure of vision; headache; head injury; obesity; papilloedema; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical 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)