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Eclampsia

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Onset of HYPERREFLEXIA; SEIZURES; or COMA in a previously diagnosed pre-eclamptic patient ( PRE-ECLAMPSIA).,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.8214, 1949-1953

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.8214
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1949. Conditions mentioned include: thrombosis of pregnancy; pontine tumour; fits; vision disorders; epilepsy; hemiparesis; eclampsia; hysteria; and headaches. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1949-1953
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.9676, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.9676
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 27 at first examination in 1950. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; seizures; headaches; vomiting; eclampsia; temporary blindness; and unconsciousness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1950-1951
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)