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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:

PR2.583, 1941-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.583
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 33 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: twitching; headache; fits; epilepsy; fatigue of vision; and thalamic. 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)

PR2.584, 1941-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.584
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, drawing and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 47 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: deja vu; double vision; unconsciousness; sickness; 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)

PR2.588, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.588
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 61 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: concussional head injury; unconsciousness; depression; headache; feelings of numbness and paralysis; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1943
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)

PR2.598, 1942-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.598
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 9 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: measles; unconsciousness; cyanosis; vomiting; twitching; drowsiness; headaches; horizontal nystagmus; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1944
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)

PR2.601, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.601
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1943
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)

PR2.603, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.603
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.604, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.604
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 0 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.617, 1941-1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.617
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; hemiplegia; epilepsy; and arteriosclerosis. 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)

PR2.618, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.618
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.629, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.629
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and notes relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; epilepsy; and failure of vision. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1943
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)