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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:

PR2.10215, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10215
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and arteriovenous malformation. 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)

PR2.10224, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10224
Scope and Contents

Chart and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; convulsions; epilepsy; and thrombosis. 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)

PR2.10228, 1951-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10228
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 58 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; dizziness; head injuries; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1957
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)

PR2.10232, 1951-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10232
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and 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)

PR2.10234, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10234
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; epilepsy; and hypertensive encephalopathy. 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)

PR2.10254, 1951-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10254
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; venous sinus thrombosis; eye pain; papilloedema; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical 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)

PR2.10256, 1951-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10256
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and subdural haematoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1956
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)

PR2.10258, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10258
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; 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)

PR2.10265, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10265
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at 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)

PR2.10269, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10269
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 32 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: 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)