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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:

PR2.2329, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2329
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: obesity; 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)

PR2.2337, 1944-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2337
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fits; epilepsy; and burns. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1961
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)

PR2.2343, 1944-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2343
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1948
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)

PR2.2361, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2361
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; subdural haematoma; diplopia; intracranial pressure; and papilloedema. Surgical 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)

PR2.2362, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2362
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and muscular atrophy. Surgical 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)

PR2.2369, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2369
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 50 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: scalp neuritis; scar; headache; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.2373, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2373
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; 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)

PR2.2374, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2374
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; brain injury; 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)

PR2.2377, 1944-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2377
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 1944. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; dizziness; epilepsy; diplopia; and glioblastoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1947
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)

PR2.2378, 1944-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2378
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; sciatica; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1948
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)