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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:

PR2.489, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.489
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 1 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: brain damage; epilepsy; hydrocephalus; and spastic quadriplegia. 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)

PR2.492, 1941-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.492
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, photographs and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 31 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; paresis; epilepsy; agnosia; and aphasia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1961
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)

PR2.496, 1941-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.496
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: problem with vision; spasms; fits; epilepsy; and Huntington's cholera. 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)

PR2.497, 1941-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.497
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, report and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and meningo-encephalitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1953
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.500, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.500
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and report relating to male aged 19 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; moodiness; 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)

PR2.501, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.501
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 41 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; loss of muscular tonus; involuntary movements; 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)

PR2.504, 1941-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.504
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; seizures; and epilepsy. No 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)

PR2.512, 1941-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.512
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; seizures; and epilepsy. No 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)

PR2.519, 1941-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.519
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and head injury. 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)

PR2.535, 1941-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.535
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 19 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: knocked head; unconscious; headache; twitching of face; and epilepsy. Surgical 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)