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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:

PR2.4160, 1945-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4160
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral thrombosis; dysphasia; motor weakness; epilepsy; and hemiparesis. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.4170, 1947-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4170
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: herpes encephalitis; aphasia; headache; head injury; disfigurement; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1964
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)

PR2.4171, 1945-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4171
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: ependymoblastoma; nausea; dizziness; vomiting; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical 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)

PR2.4190, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4190
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 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)

PR2.4194, 1946-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4194
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1949
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)

PR2.4203, 1946-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4203
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1953
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)

PR2.4204, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4204
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: myelitis; paraesthesiae; virus infection; numbness; headache; epilepsy; hypertension; and spinal cord compression. Surgical 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)

PR2.4206, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4206
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 16 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)

PR2.4208, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4208
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 6 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and facial weakness. 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)

PR2.4209, 1946-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4209
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1948
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)