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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:

PR2.12953, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12953
Scope and Contents

Note, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 3)

PR2.12954, 1953-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12954
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 33 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; drowsiness; diplopia; skull fracture; extradural clot; wound infection; epilepsy; and intracerebral haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1953-1954
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.12956, 1953-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12956
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, note, chart, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 44 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1955
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.12963, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12963
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 3 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: transient paresis; unsteady gait; epilepsy; post traumatic thrombophelbitis; and incontinence. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 3)

PR2.12968, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12968
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 3)

PR2.12970, 1953-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12970
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and facial asymmetry. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1963
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.12977, 1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12977
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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 3)

PR2.12978, 1953-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12978
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1960
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.12980, 1953-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12980
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; cerebral atrophy; nystagmus; dizziness; and personality change. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1955
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.12985, 1953-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.12985
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 19 at first examination in 1953. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and headaches. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1953-1955
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)