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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:

PR2.8916, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8916
Scope and Contents

Typed correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; tetany; and facial twitching. 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)

PR2.8926, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8926
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 10 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral birth injury; gait disorder; seizures; epilepsy; squint; hemiparesis; aphasia; and mutism. 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)

PR2.8928, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8928
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; unconsciousness; vomiting; and drug overdose. 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)

PR2.8932, 1950-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8932
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and report relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fits; dizziness; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1957
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)

PR2.8947, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8947
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, report and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: Bell's palsy; and epileptic attacks. 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)

PR2.8949, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8949
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: headache; minor epilepsy; and herpes. 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)

PR2.8953, 1950-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8953
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts, note and reports relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 44 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral atrophy; headache; nystagmus; stammer; and hypotonia. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.8955, 1950-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8955
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, correspondence, charts and photographs relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; seizures; focal epilepsy; and scoliosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1959
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)

PR2.8959, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8959
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic 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)

PR2.8963, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8963
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: prolapsed intervertebral disc; sciatica; backache; and an isolated epileptic fit. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951
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)