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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:

PR4.506, 1936-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.506
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; mental impairment; head injury; and skull fracture. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.509, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.509
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; numbness in leg; confusion; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.517, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.517
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1941. 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, Filed by Disease

PR4.519, 1940-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.519
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; twitching; drowsiness; and dysarthria. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1942
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.521, 1940-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.521
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 39 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: ?epilepsy; stiffness in arm; nausea; and dizziness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.522, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.522
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 3 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: meningoencephalitis; epilepsy; mental deficiency; and convulsions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.523, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.523
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; epilepsy; headaches; and dizziness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.524, 1940-1941

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.524
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: unspecified brain disease; epilepsy; headache; and stiffness in leg. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1941
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.525, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.525
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 23 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; stiffness in hand; twitching; and facial weakness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease

PR4.526, 1940-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.526
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; drowsiness; confusion; and dysarthria. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1945
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease