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 14 Collections and/or Records:
Another manuscript talk on 'The after-care of colostomy etc. patients by means of the Regional Stoma Clinic', c 1972-1973
Another manuscript talk by Norman Dott on 'The after-care of colostomy etc. patients by means of the Regional Stoma Clinic', undated however presumably c 1972-1973 since Dott died in 1973. The material consists of text of the talk and printed items for General Practitioners and patients on colostomy and the stoma clinic.
'Colostomy after-care and the stoma clinic', March 1972
Paper by Norman Dott in collaboration with Lieutenant-Colonel John Fraser, 'Colostomy after-care and the stoma clinic'. Fraser was the Physician Superintendent of the Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh and the paper was published in the Chief Medical Officer's Health Bulletin, March 1972.
Correspondence between Norman Dott and the Colostomy Welfare Group, 1971
Correspondence between Norman Dott and the Colostomy Welfare Group, 1971.
Correspondence between Norman Dott, colleagues, health authorities, etc., 1972-1973
Correspondence between Norman Dott, colleagues, health authorities, etc., 1972-1973. The correspondence is regarding the problem of the disposal of colostomy bags.
Correspondence between Norman Dott, editorial staff and colleagues, 1971
Correspondence between Norman Dott, editorial staff and colleagues. The correspondence relates to Dott's article, 'Colostomy - Technique and organisation', which the British Medical Journal declined to publish in its entirety. Dott did not wish to delete his advocacy of Regional Stoma Clinics, and the article did not appear.
Correspondence between Norman Dott, John Fraser and other medical staff, c 1972
Correspondence between Norman Dott, nurses, GPs. and other colleagues, 1973
Correspondence between Norman Dott, nurses, GPs. and other colleagues, 1973. The correspondence is regarding equipment for colostomy patients and their training in its use.
Correspondence by Norman Dott regarding talk, 'The planning of colostomy after-care', June 1971-October 1971
Correspondence by Norman Dott regarding talk, 'The planning of colostomy after-care', dated June 1971-October 1971. The correspondence is regarding the organisation and delivery of the talk which was given as an address to General Practitioners as part of the Postgraduate Course.
Manuscript article, 'Colostomy - Technique and organisation', September 1971
Manuscript article by Norman Dott, 'Colostomy - Technique and organisation'. The article was submitted for publication in the British Medical Journal, September 1971.
Notes for a talk to 'Sisters A.A.H.' [Astley Ainslie Hospital], July 1971
Notes for a talk by Norman Dott to 'Sisters A.A.H.' [Astley Ainslie Hospital], dated July 1971. The talk relates to colostomy after-care.
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- Subject: Colostomy X