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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:

PR2.239, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.239
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and aphasia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.250, 1941-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.250
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; head injury; fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1946
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.255, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.255
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; numbness; fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.257, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.257
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.262, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.262
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: Jacksonian convulsions; epilepsy; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.267, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.267
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 28 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.275, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.275
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and chart relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; convulsions; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.289, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.289
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headaches; cramps; vomiting and epilepsy. Treatment unknown. Outcome unknown.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.290, 1941-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.290
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; inflammation; headaches; vision impairment and hyperventilation. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1949
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.292, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.292
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 11 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)