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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:

PR2.8258, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8258
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 34 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; numbness; 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)

PR2.8264, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8264
Scope and Contents

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

PR2.8269, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8269
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 28 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)

PR2.8279, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8279
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 22 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)

PR2.8294, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8294
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral atrophy; headache; dizziness; unconsciousness; and unsteadiness. 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)

PR2.8297, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8297
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 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)

PR2.8318, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8318
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; aphasia; oligoastrocytoma; cyst; and papilledema. Surgical and nonsurgical 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)

PR2.8329, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8329
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; 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)

PR2.8331, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8331
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; aphasia; and vasospasms. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.8334, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8334
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 67 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; atrophy; and hemiplegia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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)