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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:

PR2.922, 1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.922
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; migraine; and 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)

PR2.931, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.931
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; vomiting; 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)

PR2.942, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.942
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; 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)

PR2.944, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.944
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: concussion; 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)

PR2.945, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.945
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 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)

PR2.951, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.951
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 10 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)

PR2.961, 1942-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.961
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: facial numbness; epilepsy; astrocytoma; and dysarthria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1945
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)

PR2.989, 1942-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.989
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 22 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1956
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)

PR2.992, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.992
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 14 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; birth injury; and brain 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)

PR2.997, 1942-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.997
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 0 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: oculo-cerebral degeneration; Tay Sach's disease; epilepsy; and Amaurotic family idiocy. No 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)