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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:

PR2.2856, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2856
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 54 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)

PR2.2860, 1944-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2860
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, autopsy report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: headache; leg weakness; cyst; meningioma; epilepsy; and fits. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1951
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)

PR2.2871, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2871
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and tuberculoma. 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)

PR2.2894, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2894
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 5 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: enuresis; 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)

PR2.2906, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2906
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 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)

PR2.2907, 1944-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2907
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 15 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; and neuro-degenerative epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1946
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)

PR2.2922, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2922
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 53 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral injuries; psychic epilepsy; and depressive state. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.2928, 1944-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2928
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epileptiform episodes; buzzing in ears; headache; and asthma. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.2931, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2931
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and note relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and left hemisphere damage. 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)

PR2.2944, 1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2944
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; mouth twitch; and hydrocephalus. 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)