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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:

PR2.8337, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8337
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; atrophy; 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)

PR2.8338, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8338
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 49 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: staggering; cerebral atrophy; failure of vision; euphoria; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.8344, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8344
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and head injury. 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)

PR2.8353, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8353
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 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)

PR2.8359, 1949-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8359
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: cortical atrophy; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.8360, 1941-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8360
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1950
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)

PR2.8366, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8366
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 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)

PR2.8367, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8367
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and unconsciousness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.8372, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8372
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: migraine; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.8377, 1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8377
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 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)