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 641 Collections and/or Records:
'The origin and circulation of the cerebro-spinal fluid', August 1952
Lecture by Norman Dott,'The origin and circulation of the cerebro-spinal fluid'. This paper was given at the Postgraduate course in Medical Sciences, dated August 1952.
The Pituitary gland, c 1930
The Pituitary gland (not numbered, but kept with lectures under heading 'Surgical Physiology'). The material consists of notes of a lecture by Norman Dott, date assumed to be c 1930 from the surrounding material in the file.
'The planning of colostomy after-care', November 1971
Talk by Norman Dott, 'The planning of colostomy after-care', dated November 1971. The talk was given as an address to General Practitioners as part of the Postgraduate Course.
'The planning of colostomy after-care'. Demonstration at Surgical 'Saturday Morning Meeting' Edinburgh, May 1971
Talk by Norman Dott, 'The planning of colostomy after-care'. Demonstration at Surgical 'Saturday Morning Meeting', Edinburgh, dated May 1971. The material consists of 2 versions of the talk and a summary.
'The practical significance of the developmental factor in certain deformities of childhood - with special reference to congenital dislocation of the hip', December 1928
'The practical significance of the developmental factor in certain deformities of childhood - with special reference to congenital dislocation of the hip'. Lecture delivered by Norman Dott to the Fife Branch of the British Medical Association, dated December 1928.
'The road to recovery', September 1962
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The road to recovery', dated September 1962. The paper was delivered as the Founder Lecture Founder's Lecture at the Annual Congress of the Society of Physiotherapy, London, and published in Physiotherapy, see reference Harris 71 in Coll-32/A.3. The material consists of a typescript of lecture as delivered with manuscript corrections and revisions; and an offprint of the published version.
'The role of the voluntary organisations', July 1973
Address by Norman Dott, 'The role of the voluntary organisations'. The address was given at the Plenary Session of the Hans Berger Centenary Symposium on Epilepsy, Edinburgh, dated July 1973.
'The scope and organisation of neurological surgery in war-time', September 1940
Postgraduate lecture by Norman Dott, 'The scope and organisation of neurological surgery in war-time'. The paper was delivered in Edinburgh, dated September 1940.
'The Surgery of Facial Pain', 1963
Lecture by Norman Dott,'The Surgery of Facial Pain', dated 1963. The material consists of typescript of the lecture as delived with manuscript date, '1963'.
'The surgery of intra-craniaI diseases', undated
'The surgery of intra-craniaI diseases'. The material consists of an extended account of the lectures given in Coll-32/D.6-D.8, with more and fuller casenotes, of the subject and Dott's methods, 34 pp. undated but kept with group of manuscripts on the subject.
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- Neurosurgery 78
- Brain Neoplasms 19
- Epilepsy 17
- Ophthalmology 16
- Cerebrospinal Fluid 14
- 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 + ∧ less