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Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

 Person

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 641 Collections and/or Records:

A note on the work of the Section of Neurology and Neurosurgery prepared for The Scotsman, 1959

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.23
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1959

'A series of 676 cases of tumours affecting the nervous system', c 1946

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.78
Scope and Contents

Paper by Norman Dott, 'A series of 676 cases of tumours affecting the nervous system'. The material is undated but is probably from 1946 and was kept in the same folder as Coll-32/D.75-D.77.

Dates: c 1946

'A surgeon's view of the seat of the soul and its communications', c 1960-1965

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.293
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c 1960-1965

'Acoustic Neuromas - the desirability and practicability of total removal', October 1961

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.154
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: October 1961

'Acute spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage', September 1957

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.111
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: September 1957

'Acute spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage', 1957-1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.112
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Acute spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage. The material begins with p.5 of Coll-32/D.111 and continues with manuscript additions, list of cases and treatments, etc. It contains a manuscript note which dates it '1957 amended 1962'.

Dates: 1957-1962

Ad Hoc Committee on Future Development in Social Work, February 1970-June 1970

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.3
Scope and Contents Material relating to the Ad Hoc Committee on Future Development in Social Work. The Committee was established in January 1970 by the Main Committee of the Edinburgh Committee for the Co-ordination of Services for the Disabled (ECCSD)'to consider any representations which should be made on the Chronically Ill and Disabled Bill presently before Parliament; and to consider what observations should be made to the Social Work Department on developments which might take place in Edinburgh. The...
Dates: February 1970-June 1970

Address at Annual General Meeting of Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, January 1960

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.91
Scope and Contents

Address by Norman Dott given at the Annual General Meeting of Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, dated January 1960.

Dates: January 1960

Address at Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, March 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.93
Scope and Contents

Address by Norman Dott given at the Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, dated March 1964.

Dates: March 1964

Address at Dunbar, December 1971

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.95
Scope and Contents

Address on epilepsy by Norman Dott at Dunbar, dated December 1971.

Dates: December 1971

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Type
Archival Object 638
Collection 3
 
Subject
Neurosurgery 78
Brain Neoplasms 19
Epilepsy 17
Ophthalmology 16
Cerebrospinal Fluid 14
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Colostomy 14
Pituitary Diseases 14
Craniocerebral Trauma 13
Facial Pain 11
Intracranial Aneurysm 11
Surgery 11
Trigeminal Neuralgia 11
Pediatrics | 10
Autobiographies 9
Paralysis 8
Arteriovenous Malformations 7
Carcinoma 7
Hydrocephalus 7
Aneurysm 6
Arteriovenous Fistula 6
Hip Injuries 5
Facial Paralysis 4
Obituaries 4
Paraplegia 4
Physical Disabilities 4
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 4
Biographies 3
Congenital Abnormalities 3
Encephalitis 3
Hypothalamus 3
Hypothermia 3
Neurology 3
Pituitary gland 3
Angiography 2
Athens, Greece 2
Breast cancer 2
Dentistry 2
India -- Calcutta 2
Iran 2
Neurology | Scotland | 2
Pituitary neoplasms 2
Portugal 2
Portugal -- Porto 2
Singapore 2
South Africa 2
South Africa -- Cape Town 2
Spinal Diseases 2
Thailand 2
Thrombophlebitis 2
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston 2
Accidents, Traffic 1
Amnesia 1
Amputation 1
Anaesthesia 1
Anaesthetics 1
Anesthesia 1
Arachnoiditis 1
Belgium -- Brussels 1
Blindness 1
Blood | Transfusion | 1
Blood--Coagulation 1
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America 1
Brain 1
Brain Diseases 1
Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1
Canada -- Alberta -- Edmonton 1
Case Notes 1
Central Nervous System Diseases 1
Cerebral Palsy 1
City of Dundee, Angus, Scotland 1
Clinical Medicine 1
Deafness 1
Denmark -- Copenhagen 1
Dyslexia 1
Ear Diseases 1
England -- Hull 1
England -- Sheffield 1
Facial Neuralgia 1
Facial nerve 1
Fishing 1
Greece -- Thessalonike 1
Hemorrhage 1
Hong Kong (China) 1
Illustrations 1
Insulin 1
Intracranial Hemorrhages 1
Ireland -- Dublin 1
Keratitis 1
Klippel-Feil Syndrome 1
Madras (India) 1
Medical care | Edinburgh (Scotland) | 1
Medicine | Edinburgh (Scotland) | Study and teaching | 1
Medicine | History | 1
Medicine | Research | 1
Medicine | Study and teaching | Edinburgh (Scotland) | 1
Netherlands -- Amsterdam 1
Netherlands : Province -- Holland 1
Neuroma, Acoustic 1
New York City (New York, United States) 1
Pain 1
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