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 11 Collections and/or Records:
'Aneurysmal Affections of the Cerebral Arteries', November 1946
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Aneurysmal Affections of the Cerebral Arteries'. The paper was delivered to Glasgow women students at the Queen Margaret Medical Club, dated November 1946. The material consists of 2 copies of the lecture, each with different manuscript notes.
Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues regarding a Peruvian patient, 1953-1954
Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues. The correspondence is regarding a Peruvian patient with an intracranial aneurysm and espescially regarding surgical treatment of such cases, 1953-1954. The corrspondents are Jorge Voto Bernales and William Beecher Scoville.
Correspondence between Norman Dott and other medical professionals, 1953-1966
Correspondence between Norman Dott and the Library of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1933
Correspondence between Norman Dott and the Library of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1933. The correspondence relates to bibliographies on epithelial tumours and intracranial aneurysms.
'Intracranial aneurysmal formations, September 1968
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Intracranial aneurysmal formations. The paper was delivered at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, September 1968. The material consists of text of the lecture with lists of slides and captions for illustrations.
'Intracranial aneurysmal formations', April 1947
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Intracranial aneurysmal formations'. The paper was given at Lisbon, dated April 1947. The material consits of 2 versions of the paper; and a letter to Broni Sedzimir describing the work, undated.
'Multiple intracranial aneurysms. Three illustrative cases', June 1956
Lecture by Norman Dott and M.J. Powell, 'Multiple intracranial aneurysms. Three illustrative cases'. The paper was given at the Department Surgical Neurology meeting, Edinburgh, dated June 1956.
'Ruptured intracranial aneurysms', September 1963-1964
Lecture by Norman DOtt, 'Ruptured intracranial aneurysms', dated September 1963. The material consists of text of paper with 55 slides, originally given in Edinburgh in September 1963, and then revised in 1964, with a manuscript introduction for delivery in Calcutta.
'Therapeutics of the saccular intracranial aneurysms', 1953
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Therapeutics of the saccular intracranial aneurysms'.The paper was given at the Fifth lnternational Neurological Congress, Lisbon, 1953, for the session on 'Vascular diseases of the brain'. The material consists of a copy of lecture and summary as delivered 1953.
'Therapeutics of the saccular intracranial aneurysms', 1957
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Therapeutics of the saccular intracranial aneurysms'. The paper is an expanded version of Coll-32/D.49 incorporating additional material, some of which is dated 1957.
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