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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:

PR1.1911, 1940-1954

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1911
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 54 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: neck pain; meningioma; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1954
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR1.1921, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1921
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: pulmonary tuberculosis; epilepsy; and fits. 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 Case Notes

PR1.1922, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1922
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 31 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; dizziness; fits; headache; glioblastoma; and epilepsy. 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 Case Notes

PR1.1936, 1940-1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1936
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 55 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; headache; vomiting; cyst; astrocytoma; and glioblastoma. Surgical and 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 Case Notes

PR1.1939, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1939
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 60 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: headache; paresis; epilepsy; and glioblastoma. 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 Case Notes

PR1.1942, 1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1942
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and photographs relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; hemiparesis; spongioblastoma; and glioblastoma. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1940
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR1.1953, 1940-1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1953
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, report and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 36 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: leg numbness; fits; epilepsy; oligodendroglioma; and ependymoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1950
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE Professor Norman Dott Case Notes

PR1.1957, 1940-1941

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1957
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, photographs and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma; fits; and epilepsy. Surgical and 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 Case Notes

PR2.1002, 1942-1949

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1002
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 4 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1949
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)

PR2.1003, 1942-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1003
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and astrocytoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1951
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)