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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:

PR2.10575, 1951-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10575
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; migraine; tetany and arteriovenous malformation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952
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)

PR2.10576, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10576
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 8 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)

PR2.10582, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10582
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: idiopathic epilepsy; and convulsions. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.10587, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10587
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.10591, 1951-1966

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10591
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts, photograph and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 0 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: meningitis; epilepsy; arrested mental development; and ventriculitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1966
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)

PR2.10594, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10594
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: glioblastoma multiforme; attacks of unconsciousness; spasm of cerebral arteries; dysphasia; dyscalculia; dysgraphia; epileptic attacks; vascular accident; facial weakness; and spastic hemiparesis. 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)

PR2.10597, 1951-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10597
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 45 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: attacks of unconsciousness; headache; and epileptic fits. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1951-1952
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)

PR2.10605, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10605
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. 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)

PR2.10625, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10625
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 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)

PR2.10640, 1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10640
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: eye pain; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)