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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:

PR2.4734, 1946-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4734
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1962
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)

PR2.4738, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4738
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 43 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: migraine; 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)

PR2.4746, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4746
Scope and Contents

Notes, report, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; brain injury; hypertonus; and development disorder. 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)

PR2.4749, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4749
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 2 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; meningitis; and arachnoiditis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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)

PR2.4750, 1942-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4750
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1949
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)

PR2.4752, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4752
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 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)

PR2.4753, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4753
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: headache; 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)

PR2.4756, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4756
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: meningovascular syphilis; fits; 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)

PR2.4760, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4760
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: tinnitus; head 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)

PR2.4763, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4763
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; 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)