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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:

PR2.1463, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1463
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 29 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; headache; head injury; and brain 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)

PR2.1468, 1943-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1468
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 46 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: cirsoid aneurysm; epilepsy; fainting; headache; and arteriovenous fistulae. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1962
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)

PR2.1469, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1469
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and glioblastoma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

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)

PR2.1485, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1485
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 23 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.1489, 1943-1955

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1489
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: aphasia; fits; epilepsy; hemiparesis; and thrombophlebitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1955
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)

PR2.1491, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1491
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 52 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: hemianopia; arteriosclerosis; and epilepsy. 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)

PR2.1496, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1496
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 38 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: 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)

PR2.1507, 1943-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1507
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 33 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: psychosis; epilepsy; headache; fits; and disseminated encephalomyelitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1959
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)

PR2.1515, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1515
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; concussion; epilepsy; fits; and headache. 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)

PR2.1521, 1943-1952

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1521
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: arterial hypertension; headache; fits; epilepsy; and cerebral thrombosis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1952
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)