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Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

 Person

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 3 Collections and/or Records:

'Cerebral Thrombo-phlebitis', May 1940-February 1941

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.36
Scope and Contents

'Cerebral Thrombo-phlebitis', manuscript by Norman Dott. The material is a revision of Coll-32/D.35, with dates 'Received May 1940, Revised by author Feb. [February] 1941.'

Dates: May 1940-February 1941

'Localised non-suppurative brain lesions associated with cerebral Thrombo-phlebitis', c 1940-1941

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.37
Scope and Contents

'Localised non-suppurative brain lesions associated with cerebral Thrombo-phlebitis', manuscript by Norman Dott. The material is possibly a draft for Coll-32/D.36 or a lecture/paper on same subject and the date is approximately the same as Coll-32/D.35-D.36 c 1940-1941.

Dates: c 1940-1941

Typescript and manuscript draft for publication, May 1940

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.35
Scope and Contents

Typescript and manuscript draft by Norman Dott for publication, dated May 1940. The material is regarding localised non-suppurative encephalitis and is accompanied by an envelope containing 4 sets of photographs for figures, numbered, described and with suggestions for arrangement on the page. This material was not listed in Phillip Harris' bibliography in Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: May 1940

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  • Subject: Encephalitis X

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