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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:

PR2.8064, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8064
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 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)

PR2.8074, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8074
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; 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)

PR2.8075, 1949-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8075
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; subdural haematoma; headache; backache; and prolapsed intervertebral disc. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1964
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)

PR2.8086, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8086
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 57 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: cerebrovascular catastrophe; thrombosis; 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)

PR2.8092, 1949-1972

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8092
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: personality changes; cortical atrophy; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1972
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)

PR2.8100, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8100
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: porencephalic cyst; fits; hemiparesis; birth trauma; and petit mal. 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)

PR2.8108, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8108
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 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)

PR2.8119, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8119
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 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)

PR2.8124, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8124
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 50 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; unconsciousness; epilepsy; and tuberose sclerosis. 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)

PR2.8164, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8164
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; 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)