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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:

PR2.1129, 1942-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1129
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 32 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No 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)

PR2.1130, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1130
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 13 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; headache; 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)

PR2.1133, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1133
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 71 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; mental changes; headache; brain injury; 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)

PR2.1147, 1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB41 CC/2/PR2.1147
Scope and Contents

Case summary relating to female housewife from north Edinburgh and Leith aged 35 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic. Family history of tuberculosis. No treatment given.

Dates: 1951
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

PR2.1148, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1148
Scope and Contents

Report, notes and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: obesity; encephalitis; 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)

PR2.1153, 1942-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1153
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 24 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fainting; loss of consciousness; sickness; tiredness; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.1159, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1159
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 14 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: giddiness; tiredness; incontinence; loss of conscious; epilepsy; and haemorrhage. 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)

PR2.1161, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1161
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothiansaged 22 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; amnesia; diplopia; fits; post traumatic epilepsy; and dizziness. 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)

PR2.1163, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1163
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and black and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 32 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; unconscious; headaches; 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)

PR2.1166, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1166
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 55 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; petit mal; hypertension; breathlessness; fatigued; and weight gain. 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)