Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)
Dates
- Existence: 1897 - 1973
Biography
Dott was born in Edinburgh in 1897, and educated at George Heriot's School there. Originally apprenticed as a joiner and engineer, he suffered a serious hip injury in an accident, and the observation of medical practice during his hospitalisation determined his future career and he entered Edinburgh University Medical School in 1914. Awarded the Syme Surgical Fellowship in 1921, he worked with Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer, and his studies on the pituitary led to the award of a Rockefeller Fellowship which enabled him to work as Assistant Resident to Harvey Cushing at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1923-1924. With the exception of this year and a brief visit to Cushing in 1929, Dott remained in Edinburgh throughout his career. He did much to establish surgical neurology there and in 1947 became the first Professor of Surgical Neurology at the University. He was a founder member of the Society of British Neurologists in 1926, and its President, 1938-1945. During the Second Worl! d War he served with H.W.B. Cairns, Geoffrey Jefferson and others on the Brain Injuries Committee of the Medical Research Council. He lectured widely on his specialist subjects such as aneurysms, pain, pituitary and also on medical education, hospital planning and staffing, the history of medicine (mainly in relation to his own interests), and more informally on his own experiences and colleagues.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Department of Surgical Neurology Papers, 1908-1972
Correspondence; minutes; reports; photographs; patient case notes; lecture notes and teaching materials; journals; offprints; plans; diaries; illustrations; books.
'Examples of two common surgical cerebellar affections of childhood', 28 November 1930
Lecture 'Examples of two common surgical cerebellar affections of childhood', by Norman Dott with manuscript note 'shown to Pediatric [Paediatric] club', dated 28 November 1930.
'Experiences in the surgical treatment of intracranial diseases', October 1930
Lecture 'Experiences in the surgical treatment of intracranial diseases' delivered by Norman Dott to the Halifax B.M.A. [British Medical Association] Division, dated October 1930.
'Observations on Electro-Surgery', undated
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Observations on Electro-Surgery'. The material is undated.
Pencil drawings by Norman Dott, to illustrate operative techniques, undated
Pencil drawings by Norman Dott, to illustrate operative techniques
'Recent experiences of Intracranial Surgery', May 1928
'Recent experiences of lntracranial Surgery'. Lecture delvered by Norman Dott at the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society meeting, dated May 1928. The material consists of a heavily corrected manuscript with case notes and examples, used as a basis for other lectures on the subject.
RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease, 1922-1976
'Some points in the nursing of surgical cerebral cases', undated
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Some points in the nursing of surgical cerebral cases'. The material is undated.
'Surgical aspects of brain disease', December 1928
'Surgical aspects of brain disease'. Lecture delivered by Norman Dott to the Ayr branch of the British Medical Assocation, dated December 1928, using material from Coll-32/D.6 with a new introduction.
'Surgical aspects of brain disease', January 1929
Lecture 'Surgical aspects of brain disease' given by Norman Dott to Lanarkshire Division B.M.A. [British Medical Association], dated January 1929, containing the same material as Coll-32/D.6-D.7 but with a new introduction and revision of material.
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- Surgery 11
- Brain Neoplasms 6
- Carcinoma 6
- Neurosurgery 3
- Brain Diseases 1