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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:

PR2.5240, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5240
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and convulsions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.5244, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5244
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 30 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.5251, 1947-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5251
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1948
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)

PR2.5259, 1945-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5259
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; euphoria; personality change; and astrocytoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945-1950
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)

PR2.5263, 1946-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5263
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; and dysphasia. 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)

PR2.5273, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5273
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.5275, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5275
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 6 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; petit mal; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.5276, 1946-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5276
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fits; headache; encephalitis; birth injury; tuberculosis; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1957
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)

PR2.5280, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5280
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; memory defect; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.5283, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5283
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; memory defect; euphoria; epilepsy; and hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)