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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:

PR2.630, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.630
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; numbness; epilepsy; and fits. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.637, 1941-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.637
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.644, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.644
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.645, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.645
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; headache; vomiting; unsteadiness; and diabetes mellitus. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.647, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.647
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 31 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fainting; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.664, 1941-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.664
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fits; oligodendroglioma; astrocytoma; aphasia; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1956
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)

PR2.666, 1941-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.666
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 18 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; numbness; head injury; fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.673, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.673
Scope and Contents

Report and correspondence relating to female patient aged 60 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)

PR2.685, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.685
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and mental deterioration. 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)

PR2.709, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.709
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)