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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:

PR2.295, 1941-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.295
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; epilepsy; head injury; and concussion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1958
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)

PR2.304, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.304
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 36 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: diencephalitic epileptoid attacks. 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)

PR2.306, 1941-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.306
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; cerebral atrophy; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1960
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.307, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.307
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; headache; and dizziness. 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)

PR2.327, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.327
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: dysarthria; epilepsy; paresis; fits; and glioblastoma. Surgical and 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)

PR2.330, 1941-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.330
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: seizures; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1950
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.331, 1941-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.331
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1947
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)

PR2.336, 1941-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.336
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; and dizziness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1954
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.343, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.343
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; cerebral thrombophlebitis; toxaemia; scald; 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)

PR2.358, 1941-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.358
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and glioma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1944
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)