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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:

PR2.4895, 1946-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4895
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1952
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)

PR2.4901, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4901
Scope and Contents

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

PR2.4905, 1946-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4905
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: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.4907, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4907
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; arteriosclerosis; and secondary carcinoma. 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)

PR2.4914, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4914
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, drawing and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 18 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; unconsciousness; fits; and facial paresis. 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)

PR2.4918, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4918
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.4922, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4922
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart 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)

PR2.4925, 1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4925
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; amnesia; and head 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)

PR2.4928, 1946-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4928
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 34 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No 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)

PR2.4930, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4930
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and reports relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 16 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: sickness; dizziness; 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)