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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:

PR2.8378, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8378
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.8383, 1949-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8383
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 8 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal; epilepsy; head injury; and skull fracture. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1952
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)

PR2.8387, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8387
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: meningoencephalitis; 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)

PR2.8397, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8397
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 30 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; 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)

PR2.8407, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8407
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: 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)

PR2.8416, 1950-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8416
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: subarachnoid haemorrhage; dizziness; headache; fits; unconsciousness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1952
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)

PR2.8420, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8420
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: fits; 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)

PR2.8421, 1943-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8421
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound; skull fracture; head injury; epilepsy; and depression. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1952
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)

PR2.8424, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8424
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; 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)

PR2.8425, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8425
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; 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)