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 76 Collections and/or Records:
2 versions of 'Training and Certification in Surgical Neurology and Surgery for UK and overseas', 1966
2 versions of lecture by Norman Dott, 'Training and Certification in Surgical Neurology and Surgery for UK and overseas', 1966. The material consists of a report of the lecture as given; and another version based on it and dealing more specifically with medical education (different from the published version).
3 lectures on head injuries, 1963
3 lectures by Norman Dott on head injuries. The material consists of an extensive survey with 90 slides dated 1963, adapted and expanded from Postgraduate Lectures at University of Edinburgh on the same subject. Lecture II includes manuscript notes of a discussion in Singapore. Lecture III (Operative Surgery) is entirely manuscript. See Coll-32/D.195 for a list of the slides.
3 versions of paper 'Facial nerve grafting from the internal acoustic meatus', February 1963
3 versions of paper 'Facial nerve grafting from the internal acoustic meatus'. The paper was delivered at the Second Workshop on Reconstructive Middle Ear Surgery, Chicago, dated February 1963. The material consists of 3 versions of the paper with different manuscript corrections or additional material; and a copy of the published paper with the title 'Facial nerve reconstruction by graft by-passing the petrous bone'. See reference Harris 74 in Coll-32/A.3.
A note on the work of the Section of Neurology and Neurosurgery prepared for The Scotsman, 1959
A note by Norman Dtt on the work of the Section of Neurology and Neurosurgery prepared for The Scotsman. The note was written on occasion of the Joint Annual Meeting, British and Canadian Medical Associations, Edinburgh, July 1959. The file also includes lists of participants and guests, abstracts of papers to be given, printed matter concerning the meeting and exhibitions held on the occasion, etc.
'A surgeon's view of the seat of the soul and its communications', c 1960-1965
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'A surgeon's view of the seat of the soul and its communications'. The material is a 'Town and Gown' lecture, undated but c 1960-65 due to internal evidence.
'Acoustic Neuromas - the desirability and practicability of total removal', October 1961
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Acoustic Neuromas - the desirability and practicability of total removal'. The paper was given at the Second International Congress of Neurological Surgery, Washington D.C., dated October 1961. The material consists of a synopsis, the text of the lecture, and a list of slides.
'Anaesthesia in Intracranial Surgery', March 1933
Another copy of 'Surgical and Medical Neurology: disintegration and reintegration in specialist surgery and medicine', c 1967
Another copy of the lecture by Norman Dott, 'Surgical and Medical Neurology: disintegration and reintegration in specialist surgery and medicine'. The material consists of the text of the papoer with manuscript notes and a covering letter by F.J. Gillingham.
Another copy of 'The dentist in relation to medical and surgical neurology', December 1962-c 1964
Another copy of lecture by Norman Dott, 'The dentist in relation to medical and surgical neurology', dated 1962. The talk was given to British Dental Association, West of Scotland Branch, in Glasgow, dated December 1962. The material consists of text of the lecture with more extensive manuscript revisions than Coll-32/D.175; and copy of published version from British Dental Journal, 115, c 1964, see reference Harris 73 in Coll-32/A.3.
Another copy of the lecture, 'Operating' [check title], c 1962-1973
Another copy of the lecture by Norman Dott, 'Operating' [check title], undated but the paper where the material originated was dated 1962. The material has been differently revised from Coll-32/D.167, and it contains a list of slides.
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