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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:

PR2.4766, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.4766
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to female dressmaker from south west Edinburgh aged 19 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: subject to epileptic fits. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1949
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR2.4770, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4770
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 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)

PR2.4776, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4776
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; amblyopia; fits; and squint. 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)

PR2.4779, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4779
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: brain damage; birth injury; hemiparesis; epilepsy; and mental retardation. 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)

PR2.4783, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4783
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: 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)

PR2.4789, 1946-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4789
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: chronic depression; back pain; shoulder pain; thrombophlebitis; stammer; headache; fibrositis; dysphasia; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1959
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)

PR2.4794, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4794
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: 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)

PR2.4799, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4799
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 2 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; birth injury. 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)

PR2.4803, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4803
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and petit mal. 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)

PR2.4808, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4808
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 63 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)