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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:

PR2.2225, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2225
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental defect; birth injury; brain injury; and Parkinsonism. 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)

PR2.2230, 1943-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2230
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral atrophy; numbness; and fits. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1950
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)

PR2.2237, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2237
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.2239, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2239
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; dizziness; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. 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)

PR2.2244, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2244
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and head injury. 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)

PR2.2253, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2253
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.2257, 1941-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2257
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; deja vu; fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1960
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)

PR2.2258, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2258
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.2260, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2260
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; epilepsy; and mental deterioration. 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)

PR2.2271, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2271
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 3 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; and epilepsy. 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)