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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:

Extended manuscript on the hypothalamus, 1938

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.34
Scope and Contents

Extended manuscript by Norman Dott on the hypothalamus. The material consists of a typescript with manuscript corrections, and it was probably written for Dott's contribution to The Hypothalamus, Edinburgh 1938. See reference Harris 43, Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: 1938

Lecture on the hypothalamus, February 1937

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

Lecture by Norman Dott on the hypothalamus. The talk was delivered to Glasgow University Medico-Chirurgical Society, dated February 1937. It was originally billed as 'Concerning Surgical Neurology', hence Dott's opening sentence 'To change the mind is the prerogative of the female'.

Dates: February 1937

Untitled talk regarding surgical aspects of the hypothalamus, c 1937

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.33
Scope and Contents

Untitled talk by Norman Dott regarding surgical aspects of the hypothalamus. The paper is undated but it was kept with kept with two similar papers dated 1937 and 1938.

Dates: c 1937

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  • Subject: Hypothalamus X