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Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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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 6 Collections and/or Records:

Another version of 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', May 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.208
Scope and Contents

Another version of lecture by Norman Dott, 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', dated May 1964. The paper was given to the Soceity of British Neurological Surgeons and it is revised and expanded, and with a new introduction compared with Coll-32/D.207.

Dates: May 1964

Another version of 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', September 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.209
Scope and Contents

Another version of lecture by Norman Dott, 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula'. The paper was given to the Middle East Neurological Congress, Ankara, dated September 1964. Dott was asked to read this paper, but he was unable to attend and arranged for it to be read for him by Mr Kenneth Till.

Dates: September 1964

Another version of 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.210
Scope and Contents

Another version of lecture by Norman Dott, 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula'. The material is marked '1964 + Laity slides, 19', and it is a revised and expanded version of Coll-32/D.209.

Dates: 1964

'Carotid-cavernous arterio-venous fistula', September 1968

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.259
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Carotid-cavernous arterio-venous fistula'. The paper was delivered at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, dated September 1968.

Dates: September 1968

'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', September 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.207
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', dated September 1963. The material includes 14 slides.

Dates: September 1963

'Post-traumatic carotid-cavernous arteriovenous fistula', 1939

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.206
Scope and Contents

Copy of paper by Norman Dott, 'Post-traumatic carotid-cavernous arteriovenous fistula', published in the Transansactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, 53, 1939 see reference Harris 45) in Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: 1939

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  • Subject: Arteriovenous Fistula X

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