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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:

PR2.6878, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6878
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fatigue; unconsciousness; and degenerative changes in brain. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.6889, 1948-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6889
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; deja vu; and deja entendu. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1956
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)

PR2.6896, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6896
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.6907, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6907
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: fatigue; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.6912, 1948-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6912
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 35 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: back injury, sciatica; prolapsed intervertebral disc; epilepsy; and paraplegia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948-1960
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)

PR2.6914, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6914
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.6920, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6920
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; shoulder pain; and leg weakness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.6930, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6930
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fainting; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.6942, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6942
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.6948, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6948
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: fits; head injury; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)