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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:

PR2.3900, 1946-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3900
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1951
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)

PR2.3907, 1945-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3907
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1956
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)

PR2.3913, 1945-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3913
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and birth trauma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1952
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)

PR2.3914, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3914
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 67 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)

PR2.3926, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3926
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; myoclonus; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.3942, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3942
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.3943, 1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3943
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and headache. 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)

PR2.3946, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3946
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; tetany; and Cushing's syndrome. 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)

PR2.3966, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3966
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: vascular Parkinsonism; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1947
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)

PR2.3971, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3971
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 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)