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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:

PR2.4621, 1946-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4621
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; personality changes; fits; and alcoholism. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1950
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)

PR2.4627, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4627
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside 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)

PR2.4629, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4629
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.4630, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4630
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 24 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; 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)

PR2.4638, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4638
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 11 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; mental retardation; 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)

PR2.4655, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4655
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: venous thrombophlebitis; head injury; fits; depressed fracture; epilepsy; and personality change. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.4667, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4667
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 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)

PR2.4673, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4673
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and unconsciousness. 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)

PR2.4680, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4680
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: leg pain; spasticity; monoparesis; cerebral injury; 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)

PR2.4691, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4691
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 15 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; dizziness; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)