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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:

PR2.9469, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9469
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, chart, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: gunshot wound; homonymous hemianopia; headache; limb weakness; epileptic attacks. 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)

PR2.9483, 1950-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9483
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photograph, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to male fromGreat Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; epileptic fits; headache; vomiting; deteriorating vision; and astrocytoma. Surgical and 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)

PR2.9492, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9492
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and reports relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic turns; and altered consciousness. No 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)

PR2.9498, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9498
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.9499, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9499
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic phenomena. 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)

PR2.9505, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9505
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports relating to male patientfrom Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: closed head injury; epileptic attacks; epilepticus; hemiparesis; unconsciousness; scalp haematoma; facial weakness; and bronchopneumonia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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)

PR2.9511, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9511
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, chart and correspondence relating to female patientfromEdinburgh and the Lothians aged 66at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; arteriosclerosis; and osteoarthritis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.9535, 1951-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9535
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patientfromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1953
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)

PR2.9539, 1950-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9539
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; facial asymmetry; parenchymatous pre-senile cerebral atrophy; and telangiectasis. 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)

PR2.9542, 1951-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9542
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: constitutional epilepsy; convulsions; and jaw pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1959
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)