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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:

PR2.1402, 1942-1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1402
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: psychosis; aphasia; and epilepsy. No 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)

PR2.1403, 1937-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1403
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1937-1945
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)

PR2.1409, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1409
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 20 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: intellectual deterioration; fits; 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)

PR2.1423, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1423
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, notes and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 49 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: unconsciousness; fits; and epilepsy. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.1424, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1424
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and charts relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 21 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: Raynaud's syndrome; numbness; 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)

PR2.1435, 1929-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1435
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; hemiparesis; mental deficiency; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1929-1956
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)

PR2.1455, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1455
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; epilepsy; and cerebral cicatrix. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.1456, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1456
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 48 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: failure of vision; headache; epilepsy; and gunshot wound. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.1457, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1457
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and convulsions. Nonsurgical 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)

PR2.1460, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1460
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: headache; sciatica; epilepsy; and fits. Nonsurgical 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)