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 19 Collections and/or Records:
2 lists of slides, October 1961 and undated
2 lists of slides, created by Norman Dott. The slide lists refer to different talks on the subject of neurological syndromes of cerebral displacement by expanding lesions. One of the lists is dated October 1961 and marked 'American Lecture'. The other is undated but is c 1961.
'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.
'Hydrocephalus simulating tumour in the production of chiasmal and other parahypophysial lesions', April 1931
Lecture 'Hydrocephalus simulating tumour in the production of chiasmal and other parahypophysial lesions' by Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair and Norman Dott. The paper was delivered at the Congress Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom, dated April 1931 and is a similar (not identical) paper to Coll-32/D.21. The paper was later published in Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society, vol. 51, 1931, see reference Harris 27 in Coll-32/A.3.
'Hydrocephalus simulating tumour in the production of chiasmal and other parahypophysial lesions', February 1931
Lecture 'Hydrocephalus simulating tumour in the production of chiasmal and other parahypophysial lesions' by Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair and Norman Dott. The paper was given to the North of England Ophthalmological Society, dated February 1931 and is a similar (not identical) paper to Coll-32/D.20. The paper was later published in Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society, vol. 51, 1931, see reference Harris 27 in Coll-32/A.3.
Manuscript notes and texts of introductions to lectures by Norman Dott, 1965
Manuscript notes and texts of introductions to lectures by Norman Dott. The lectures were given during Dott's extended tour in 1965 and the subjects include the neurological syndromes of cerebral displacement by expanding lesions. The headings for the introductions include Beirut, Calcutta, Ching Mai, Shiraz, Singapore, and Utrecht.
'Medulloblastoma Cerebelli', July 1960
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Medulloblastoma Cerebelli', dated 6 July 1960. The material contains of the typescript delivered as the Alex Simpson Smith Lecture, with many manuscript corrections and includes a printed invitation to lecture, and letter of thanks from Mrs Simpson Smith (widow of Alex Simpson Smith).
'Medulloblastoma Cerebelli', 1 July 1960
Lecture by Norman Dott on 'Medulloblastoma Cerebelli', dated 1 July 1960. The material is a revised manuscript of the lecture in Coll-32/D.145 and it includes statistics of cases treated.
'Pubertas Praecox associated with brain tumour', undated
Lecture by Norman Dott 'Pubertas Praecox associated with brain tumour'. The material consists of a short account for demonstration with Professor D. Cappell, undated but kept with Coll-32/D.44 which was dated April 1946.
'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.
'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.
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