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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

'Introduction to Special Lectures', 1963-1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.225
Scope and Contents

Notes by Norman Dott, 'Introduction to Special Lectures, dated 1963-1964. The material consists of notes for various audiences that Dott was lecturing to in Athens, Detroit, Singapore, etc.

Dates: 1963-1964

Visit to Athens, October 1963

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Identifier: COll-32/E.44
Scope and Contents

Material relating to Normand Dott's visit to Athens, Greece. The material consists of correspondence regarding arrangements to visit Greece and lecture at Athens after the Middle East Neurosurgical Conference at Teheran, see Coll-32/D.130. It includes some science correspondence on brain injury arising from the Lambrakis case, see Coll-32/E.41, and Dott's manuscript notes on hospitals and colleagues that he visited in Athens.

Dates: October 1963

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