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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:

PR2.7719, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7719
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1950
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)

PR2.7730, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7730
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; unconsciousness; vertigo; neoplasm; deafness; tinnitus; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 2)

PR2.7738, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7738
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from aged 30 or 31 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and oligodendroglioma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959
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)

PR2.7740, 1949-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7740
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1953
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)

PR2.7742, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7742
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 8 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 2)

PR2.7747, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7747
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 2)

PR2.7751, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7751
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; mental defect; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 2)

PR2.7752, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7752
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; diplopia; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 2)

PR2.7758, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7758
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 14 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 2)

PR2.7760, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7760
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 15 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 2)