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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:

PR2.1260, 1942

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1260
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 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)

PR2.1304, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1304
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, chart and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: headache; fits; failure of vision; epilepsy; and head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.1305, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1305
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and meningoencephalitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.1306, 1942-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1306
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 21 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.1307, 1942-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1307
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 14 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: fits; head injury; phantom limb; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.1327, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1327
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 23 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.1331, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1331
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1944
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)

PR2.1334, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1334
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 11 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.1335, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1335
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 62 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: headache; dizziness; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 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)

PR2.1336, 1942-1966

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1336
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 19 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; intracranial pressure; fits; and epilepsy. Surgical 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)