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:
Correspondence between Norman Dott and John Penman, 1951
Correspondence between Norman Dott and John Penman, dated 1951. The material relates to Dott's paper on 'Facial pain' and Penman's work on the same subject.
Correspondence between Norman Dott and officers of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1951
Correspondence between Norman Dott and officers of Royal Society of Medicine, dated 1951. The material relates to the delivery of Dott's paper and projected publication in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. Dott was asked to abridge his paper for publication however he refused to do so. The correspondants are John Angell-James and A.M. Zamora.
Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Charles Symonds, 1951-1952
Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Charles Symonds. The material relates to Dott's paper on 'Facial Pain' and Symonds work on the same subject, dated 1951-1952. The material includes an offprint.
Correspondence between Norman Dott, John B. Gaylor and Terence Cawthorne, 1951
Correspondence between Norman Dott, John B Gaylor and Terence Cawthorne. The correspondence relates to their material in contribution to a meeting on Facial Pain, dated 1951.
Correspondence between Norman Dott, John McLeod, Robin Lowe and W.R. Thrower, 1952, 1955
Correspondence between Norman Dott, John McLeod, Robin Lowe and W.R. Thrower. The material consists of brief correspondence relating to Dott's paper on 'Facial Pain' and relief from pain. The correspondence with John McLeod and Robin Lowe is dated 1952 and with W.R. Thrower is dated 1955. It includes an offprint of reference Harris 34 in Coll-32/A.3, which was an earlier work by Dott on the same subject.
Correspondence between Norman Dott, Samuel Rosner, Percival Bailey, Philip C. Bromage, Phillip Harris, Sir Charles Symonds, R.H. Girdwood and Sir Sydney Smith [Check is it Philip R Bromage?], 1952-1953, 1962
Correspondence between Norman Dott and Colleagues, 1952-1963, 1962. The correspondents are Samuel Rosner, 1952, Percival Bailey, postcard, 1952, Philip C. Bromage [Check is it Philip R Bromage?], 1953, Phillip Harris, regarding trigeminal pain and other matters, 1953, Sir Charles Symonds, 1953 R.H. Girdwood, regarding G.P. training in Edinburgh, and Sir Sydney Smith, 1953 and Dott's letter regarding the death of Smith's wife, 1962.
Correspondence between Norman Dott, W. Raymond Thrower and Rudolph Jaeger, 1931-1955
Correspondence between Norman Dott, W. Raymond Thrower and Rudolph Jaeger. The correspondence with W. Raymond Thrower relates to the use of Stilbamidine for Tic Douloureux and includes offprints, press-cuttings, etc. and a list of operations Trigeminal Section performed by Dott and his team, 1931-1955.
'Experiences with the treatment of Tic Douloureux in Edinburgh', April 1955
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Experiences with the treatment of Tic Douloureux in Edinburgh'. The paper was delivered to the Society of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, dated April 1955.
'Experiences with the treatment of Tic Douloureux in Edinburgh', April 1955
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Experiences with the treatment of Tic Douloureux in Edinburgh'. Another copy of the paper delivered to the Society of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, dated April 1955, with corrections and additions.
Manuscript notes and statistics of cases treated, 1954
Manuscript notes and statistics of cases treated by Norman Dott, dated 1954. It is possible that the material was prepared for Coll-32/D.73.
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