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 7 Collections and/or Records:
'Case Summaries, surgery optic Ns [Neurosurgery]', February 1964
Manuscript notes by Norman Dott, 'Case Summaries, surgery optic Ns [Neurosurgery]', dated Febrary 1964.
Manuscript introduction to 'The surgery of the optic nerves', given in the Netherlands, May 1964
Manuscript introduction to lecture by Norman Dott, 'The surgery of the optic nerves', given in Netherlands, May 1964.
'Modern surgery of the chiasmal neighbourhood', November 1931
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Modern surgery of the chiasmal neighbourhood'. The paper was delivered to the Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, dated November 1931.
Other versions of lecture, 'The surgery of the optic nerves', given in India and Thailand, c 1965
Other versions of lecture by Norman Dott, 'The surgery of the optic nerves', given in India and Thailand, c 1965. Dott visited India and Thailand in 1965, therefore they were presumably given during this visit.
Paper headed, 'Extract not used in Dublin 53 slides'., 1964
Paper by Norman Dott headed, 'Extract not used in Dublin 53 slides'. The material refers to a lecture, 'The surgery of the optic nerves', presented by Norman Dott in April 1964.
Separate copy of introduction and list of slides for 'The surgery of the optic nerves', April 1964
Separate copy of introduction and list of slides for Norman Dott's lecture, 'The surgery of the optic nerves' which he gave in Dublin, April 1964.
'Traumatic lesions of the optic chiasma', 1934
Paper by Norman Dott, 'Traumatic lesions of the optic chiasma'. The material consists of a manuscript draft, with notes and correspondence with William Ritchie Russell, dated 1934 and was published as an article in Brain, 58, see reference Harris 35 in Coll-32/A.3.