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 5 Collections and/or Records:
'Acute spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage', September 1957
Lecture by Normann Dott, 'Acute spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage'. The paper was given to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of South Africa, Cape Town, dated September 1957. The material consists of the text of the lecture (pp. 1-4 only - see coll-32/D.112 for amended version), and brief correspondence regarding its publication.
Correspondence with Norman Dott from visit to Cape Town, 1955
Correspondence with Norman Dott from visit to Cape Town, 1955. The material consists of correspondence with Dott's colleagues and friends regarding his talk to be given, social arrangements, and consultation. It includes Dott's notes on his schedule, and on patients seen.
Preliminary correspondence between Norman Dott, colleagues and 'old boys' in South Africa, March 1957-September 1957
Preliminary correspondence between Norman Dott, colleagues and 'old boys' in South Africa, dated March 1957-September 1957. The correspondence relates to Dott making arrangements for his tour, talks and visits, etc. and it includes a final schedule, presscuttings, notes for anecdotes etc. The correspondents are Robert Lipschitz ('Lippy'), Joseph Block, Harry Reef, Keith Lewer Allen and Jack A. Douglas.
Schedule and correspondence with Norman Dott from visits to Johannesburg and Pretoria, September 1955-October 1955
Schedule and correspondence with Norman Dott from visits to Johannesburg and Pretoria, dated September 1955-Ocotober 1955. The material consists of a schedule of visits and lectures by Dott; correspondence with Dott regarding his visit from colleagues, former patients and new cases to be seen, case-notes and notes by Dott. DOtt's lectures were on Subarachnoid pouches, Facial pain, Pituitary Tumours. The material also includes a note on 'Method of bleaching skulls'.
Symposium on the management of pain, at Durban, South Africa, August 1957
File relating to the Symposium on the management of pain, at Durban, South Africa, dated August 1957. The material consists of Norman Dott's contribution to the discussion and other papers given at the event.
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- Aneurysm 1
- Facial Pain 1
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