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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:

PR2.1008, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1008
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; fits; and speech disturbance. 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)

PR2.1013, 1942-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1013
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1942-1946
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)

PR2.1015, 1942-1971

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1015
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1971
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)

PR2.1019, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1019
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; 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)

PR2.1022, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1022
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; 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)

PR2.1024, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1024
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, autopsy report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 60 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; aphasia; epilepsy; arteriosclerosis; and vascular disease. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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)

PR2.1025, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1025
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 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)

PR2.1030, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1030
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 39 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; unconsciousness; 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)

PR2.1033, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1033
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 21 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; diplopia; 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)

PR2.1050, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1050
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 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)