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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:

PR2.433, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.433
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 36 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fainting; dizziness; migraine; 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)

PR2.436, 1941-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.436
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; hemiplegia; fits; epilepsy; and Cushings syndrome. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1962
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)

PR2.437, 1941-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.437
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1955
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.440, 1941-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.440
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1942
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)

PR2.464, 1941-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.464
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; headache; head injury; and epilepsy. Non-surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1942
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)

PR2.465, 1941-1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.465
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; headache; amnesia; epilepsy; and suspected tumour. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1941-1948
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)

PR2.480, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.480
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, reports and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; and idiopathic 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)

PR2.486, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.486
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and note relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: 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)

PR2.487, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.487
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and facial pain. 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)

PR2.488, 1941-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.488
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports, and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; post-traumatic epilepsy; headache; and poor memory. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1943
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)