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 surgery of intracranial aneurysms', December 1963
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The surgery of intracranial aneurysms'. The paper was delivered to Southport Medical Society, dated December 1963.
'The Surgery of Pain', December 1954
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The Surgery of Pain'. The paper was delivered to the York Medical Society, dated December 1954 and it incorporates and extends some of the material in Coll-32/D.65.
'The surgery of the posterior cranial fossa in childhood and adolescence', December 1931
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The surgery of the posterior cranial fossa in childhood and adolescence'. The paper was delivered to Aberdeen Medico-chirurgical Society, dated December 1931.
'The surgical treatment of epilepsy', September 1968
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The surgical treatment of epilepsy'. The paper was delivered at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, dated September 1968. The material includes figures and an addendum to a paper by Theodore Rasmussen.
'The third circulation - further observations - the subarachnoid pouches', May 1955
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The third circulation - further observations - the subarachnoid pouches'. The paper was given to the Harvey Cushing Society, Quebec, dated May 1955. The material also includes some autobiographical information, and reminiscences of Cushing. See also Coll-32/D. 96 and Coll-32/E. 1-E. 11.
'The time factor in cranial surgery, with special reference to urgent cases', March 1952
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The time factor in cranial surgery, with special reference to urgent cases'. The material consists of a heavily corrected manuscript of the paper given to St. Andrews Medical Society, Dundee, March 1952.
'The training and accreditation of the specialist surgeon', September 1968
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The training and accreditation of the specialist surgeon'. The paper was delivered at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, dated September 1968.
'The treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip', October 1931
'The treatment of congenital dislocation of the hip'.Lecture delivered by Norman Dott to the College of Nursing Edinburgh branch, dated October 1931.
'Therapeutics of the saccular intracranial aneurysms', 1953
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Therapeutics of the saccular intracranial aneurysms'.The paper was given at the Fifth lnternational Neurological Congress, Lisbon, 1953, for the session on 'Vascular diseases of the brain'. The material consists of a copy of lecture and summary as delivered 1953.
'Therapeutics of the saccular intracranial aneurysms', 1957
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Therapeutics of the saccular intracranial aneurysms'. The paper is an expanded version of Coll-32/D.49 incorporating additional material, some of which is dated 1957.
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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