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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:

PR2.8969, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8969
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and petit mal. 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)

PR2.8990, 1950-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8990
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy; and fits. No 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)

PR2.8992, 1950-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8992
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral-thrombophlebitis; head injury; fits; meningitis; strabismus; Jacksonian epilepsy; hemiparesis; and hypertonus. 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)

PR2.8997, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8997
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, correspondence and report relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 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)

PR2.8998, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8998
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; giddiness; and headache. 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)

PR2.9003, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9003
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 45 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma mulitforme; epilepsy; fits; cerebral atrophy; dysphasia; agraphia; confusion; and neoplasm. Surgical 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)

PR2.9004, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9004
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and report relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cerebral tumour; headache; epileptic fits; dizzy turns; and deteriorating vision. 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)

PR2.9007, 1950-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9007
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: cryptogenic epilepsy; and dizziness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1955
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)

PR2.9034, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9034
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; post traumatic Parkinsonism; and affect 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)

PR2.9038, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9038
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; hypertonus; epileptic attacks; and mental defective. Surgical and 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)