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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:

PR2.7949, 1949-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7949
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: memory deterioration; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1962
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)

PR2.7950, 1949-1966

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7950
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart, notes, x-rays and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: staggering; nystagmus; dysarthria; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1966
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)

PR2.7956, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7956
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, chart and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: papilloedema; 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)

PR2.7968, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7968
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; 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)

PR2.7971, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7971
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 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)

PR2.7993, 1949-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7993
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: facial pian; epilepsy; unconsciousness; dysphasia; and meningioma. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1951
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)

PR2.7996, 1949-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.7996
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1956
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)

PR2.8014, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8014
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; 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)

PR2.8023, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8023
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; 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)

PR2.8061, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8061
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 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)