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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:

PR2.3049, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3049
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence, notes and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and seizures. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.3059, 1945-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3059
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and hemiparesis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1947
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)

PR2.3061, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3061
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. 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)

PR2.3062, 1944-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3062
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; hydrocephalus; headache; vomiting; dizziness; and intracranial hypertension. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1957
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)

PR2.3063, 1944-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3063
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and fainting. 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)

PR2.3073, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3073
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.3078, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3078
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 55 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; dysphasia; and astrocytoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

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)

PR2.3081, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3081
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.3089, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3089
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.3090, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3090
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 57 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; carcinoma; back pain; and spinal cord compression. Surgical and 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)