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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:

PR2.3718, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3718
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: encephalitis; head injury; epilepsy; and chorea. 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)

PR2.3719, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3719
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and dizziness. 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)

PR2.3722, 1944-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3722
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; fits; epilepsy; and fugue. 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)

PR2.3736, 1945-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3736
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: headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1948
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)

PR2.3739, 1945-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3739
Scope and Contents

Notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1953
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)

PR2.3740, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3740
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 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)

PR2.3741, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3741
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and mental defect. 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)

PR2.3747, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3747
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: headache; 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)

PR2.3757, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3757
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headache. 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)

PR2.3761, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3761
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: amentia; deafness; epilepsy; and plagiocephaly. 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)