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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:

PR2.2283, 1944-1966

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2283
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; subarachnoid hemorrhage; headache; and hemianopia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1966
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)

PR2.2287, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2287
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945
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)

PR2.2288, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2288
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; 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)

PR2.2296, 1944-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2296
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; convulsions; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1955
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)

PR2.2302, 1944-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2302
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1949
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)

PR2.2308, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2308
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 73 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.2309, 1948-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.2309
Scope and Contents Case summary and correspondence relating to female coffee factory worker from south west Edinburgh aged 16 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: left pleurisy, epilepsy, sequela to pleural effusion. No family...
Dates: 1948-1961
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR2.2315, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2315
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: 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)

PR2.2317, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2317
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; epilepsy; convulsions; and headache. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.2320, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2320
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; and fits. Nonsurgical 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)