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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:

PR2.3572, 1944-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3572
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: arteriovenous cirsoid malformation; epilepsy; headache; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1962
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)

PR2.3575, 1944-1967

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3575
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes, drawing and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; unsteadiness; failure of vision; tremor; meningioma; haemorrhage; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1967
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)

PR2.3576, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3576
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 0 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; arrested mental development; and encephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946
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)

PR2.3581, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3581
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1946
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)

PR2.3582, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3582
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and 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)

PR2.3590, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3590
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 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)

PR2.3596, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3596
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; migraine; dizziness; birth injury; and spasticity. 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)

PR2.3598, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3598
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and hydrocephalus. 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)

PR2.3600, 1945-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3600
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and autopsy report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and cortical gliosis. 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)

PR2.3609, 1945-1966

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3609
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and cerebral atrophy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1966
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)