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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:

PR2.8437, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8437
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: generalised twitching; porencephalic cyst; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.8446, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8446
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 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)

PR2.8473, 1939-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8473
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1939. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fits; epilepsy; personality disorder; unconsciousness; and cerebral atrophy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1939-1958
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)

PR2.8491, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8491
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and degenerative vascular disease. 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)

PR2.8501, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8501
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and brain injury. 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)

PR2.8514, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8514
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 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)

PR2.8516, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8516
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 55 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: blackouts; 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)

PR2.8535, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8535
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; seizures; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.8536, 1950-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8536
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: fits; unconsciousness; astrocytoma; intracranial pressure; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1962
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)

PR2.8547, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8547
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 7 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic fits; encephalitis; vomiting; and sight problems. 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)