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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:

PR2.5983, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5983
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and fits. 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)

PR2.6004, 1947-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6004
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: thrombophlebitis; tremor; epilepsy; and convulsions. 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 2)

PR2.6007, 1947-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6007
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, drawing and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1950
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.6010, 1947-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6010
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and cerebral venous thrombosis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1947-1953
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.6015, 1947-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6015
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 3 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and poliomyelitis. 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 2)

PR2.6016, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6016
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; deja vu; headache; and birth trauma. 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 2)

PR2.6018, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6018
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and birth trauma. 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 2)

PR2.6035, 1947-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6035
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 5 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and 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 2)

PR2.6036, 1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6036
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 22 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: fits; 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 2)

PR2.6066, 1947-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6066
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1947. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and head 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 2)