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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:

PR2.5903, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5903
Scope and Contents

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

PR2.5908, 1947-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5908
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and birth injury. 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)

PR2.5909, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5909
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; fainting; and tinnitus. 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)

PR2.5919, 1947-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5919
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; sciatica; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1949
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)

PR2.5926, 1947-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5926
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and chorea. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1952
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)

PR2.5927, 1947-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5927
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and emotional instability. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1955
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)

PR2.5944, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5944
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 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)

PR2.5953, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5953
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 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)

PR2.5966, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5966
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; dizziness; and diplopia. 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)

PR2.5982, 1947-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5982
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral abscesses; skull fracture; head injury; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical 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)