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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:

PR2.723, 1942-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.723
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 20 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1954
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)

PR2.727, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.727
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: petit mal; 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)

PR2.729, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.729
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: facial palsy; epilepsy; and hydrocephalus. 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)

PR2.730, 1941-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.730
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart, report and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; head injury; and migraine. 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)

PR2.731, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.731
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 16 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and birth injury. 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)

PR2.732, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.732
Scope and Contents

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

PR2.736, 1942-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.736
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1947
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)

PR2.744, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.744
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; blindness; and mental disability. 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)

PR2.755, 1942-1961

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.755
Scope and Contents

Reports, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 41 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; depression; staggering; and nausea. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1961
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)

PR2.763, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.763
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 65 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; depression; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. 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)