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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:

PR2.1055, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1055
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: headache; skull fracture; epilepsy; and head injury. 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)

PR2.1064, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1064
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: arteriosclerosis; epilepsy; and dementia. 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)

PR2.1081, 1942-1966

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1081
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 27 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; hemianopia; epilepsy; arteriovenous malformation; and intracranial aneurysm. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1966
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)

PR2.1090, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1090
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 12 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; astrocytoma; haemorrhage; and epilepsy. Surgical and 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)

PR2.1094, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1094
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 4 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: amentia; 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)

PR2.1102, 1942-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1102
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; petit mal; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1952
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)

PR2.1105, 1942-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1105
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 35 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: spinal injury; paraesthesiae; headache; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1960
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)

PR2.1114, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1114
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 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)

PR2.1115, 1950

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.1115
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to female housewife from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 46 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic, dyspnoea at times. family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1950
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary, Hospital and Tuberculosis Trust case notes / Royal Victoria Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest case notes

PR2.1126, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1126
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 46 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and brain injury. 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)