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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:

PR2.1523, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1523
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 42 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: hemiparesis; arterial hypertension; encephalitis; epilepsy; and cerebral disease. 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)

PR2.1525, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1525
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 24 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)

PR2.1527, 1941-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1527
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts, photographs and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 4 at first examination in 1941. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; hydrocephalus; cyst; astrocytoma; and epilepsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1941-1953
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)

PR2.1535, 1943-1946

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1535
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 19 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: fits; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1946
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)

PR2.1538, 1943-1945

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1538
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, report, drawing and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: astrocytoma; headache; papilloedema; hemianopia; cyst; intracranial pressure; and epilepsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1945
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)

PR2.1563, 1943-1944

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1563
Scope and Contents

Notes, report and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 29 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: concussion; head injury; epilepsy; cicatrix; and fits. 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)

PR2.1567, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1567
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 53 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: back pain; epilepsy; weight gain; plasmacytoma; and arterial hypertension. 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)

PR2.1569, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1569
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes and autopsy report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: convulsions; epilepsy; euphoria; ependymoma; choroidal papilloma; and haemorrhage. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

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)

PR2.1571, 1943

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1571
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma; dizziness; 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)

PR2.1572, 1940-1947

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1572
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 42 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1940-1947
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)