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:
Address at inaugural meeting of the Dundee and District Branch of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, September 1958
Address by Norman Dott at the inaugural meeting of the Dundee and District Branch of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, dated September 1958. The material includes a programme and brief correspondence.
Address at inaugural meeting of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, 1954
Address by Norman Dott at the inaugural meeting of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, dated 1954.
Address at social evening for the Friends of the Epilepsy Association, May 1963
Address by Norman Dott given at a social evening for the Friends of the Epilepsy Association, dated May 1963.
Address by Norman Dott to Edinburgh University Club of Bristol, January 1962
Address by Norman Dott to Edinburgh University Club of Bristol, dated January 1962. The lecture mainly mainly contains autobiographical reminiscences. The material consists of 2 copies of the address, one with manuscript revisions and extensions; and correspondence with George L. Alexander.
Address to newly-elected Fellows, Royal College of Surgeons, 1965-1966
Address by Norman Dott to the newly-elected Fellows at a ceremony of presentation of diplomas, at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, dated February 1966. The address was published in the Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1965-1966 (see reference Harris 79 in Coll-32/A.3). The material consists of the text of the address as delivered; and manuscript notes on the history of the college.
Address to the Borders Clinical Club, January 1964-March 1964
Address by Norman Dott to the Borders Clinical Club, dated January 1964. The material includes autobiographical material on 'Medical Travels' and notes for a similar talk given to Kirkcaldy Round Table, dated March 1964.
'American Journey- Highlights', 1955
Journal notes by Norman Dott, 'American Journey- Highlights', 1955. The material is similar in format to the notes in Coll-32/E.1-E.8. They are somewhat condensed and more formally presented, but still in note form.
'An Introductory Review', June 1961
Lecture by Norman Dott, An Introductory Review'. The paper was given as the presidential address to the meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus, June 1961. The material consists of a typescript of the address as delivered; and the printed version in Developments in Medical Child Neurology 4. See reference Harris 70 in Coll-32/A.3.
'An Investigation into the Functions of the Pituitary and Thyroid Glands with special reference to...', 1922
'An Investigation into the Functions of the Pituitary and Thyroid Glands with special reference to the technique of their Experimental Surgery'. The material consists of Norman Dott's thesis for the Syme Surgical Fellowship, based on part of Coll-32/G.1 above and published with slight change of title, dated 1922, see reference Harris 3 in Coll-32/A.3; and a heavily revised and corrected manuscript.
'An itinerant medical man', 1962
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'An itinerant medical man'. The Talk was given to the Colinton Parish Church Literary Society, dated December 1962. The material consists of a manuscript of the talk, and correspondence. Dott was born in Colinton and both talk and correspondence contain reminiscences.
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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