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:
Third European Congress of Neurosurgery, Madrid, and Lisbon, 1966-April 1967
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to the Third European Congress of Neurosurgery, Madrid, and Lisbon, both in April 1967. The material consists of brief correspondence between Dott and thbe British Council regarding financial support, 1966. Dott delivered a memorial lecture at the congress on the life and work of Egas Moniz.
Third meeting of Brain Injuries Committee (B.I.C.), 2 May 1940
Third meeting of Brain Injuries Committee (B.I.C.), dated 2 May 1940. The material includes B.I.C. paper 16.
Toast to Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1972-1973
Toast by Norman Dott to Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, at Edmonton, Alberta. The speech was given at dinner after conferment to Dott of Honorary Fellowship in the Division of Surgery, January 1973. The material consists of Drafts and text of speech; correspondence with colleagues Charles G. Drake and E. Harry Botterell regarding travel and ceremonial arrangements, 1972-73; and printed material, dinner menus, etc., and photographs of the honorands.
Toms, Bridget S.
"Before they call" by William Edwin Toms, an account of his daughter Bridget's treatment for brain tumour under Professor Norman Dott in 1945
Tour of Canada and U.S.A. (at Toronto and subsequently), 1968-1969
'Tour USA and Canada, May 1955', May 1955
Journal notes by Norman Dott, 'Tour USA and Canada, May 1955'. The material contains a manuscript note 'probably given to Sat. [Saturday] morning meeting soon after': an account of the journey, using material in Coll-32/E.1-E.9.
'Training and Certification in Surgical Neurology and Surgery for UK and overseas', 1966-1968
'Traumatic lesions of the optic chiasma', 1934
Paper by Norman Dott, 'Traumatic lesions of the optic chiasma'. The material consists of a manuscript draft, with notes and correspondence with William Ritchie Russell, dated 1934 and was published as an article in Brain, 58, see reference Harris 35 in Coll-32/A.3.
'Treatment of peripheral facial paralysis by facio-facial nerve grafting', 1957
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Treatment of peripheral facial paralysis by facio-facial nerve grafting', dated 1957. The paper was given in Durban, South Africa. It is similar to the paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 51.
Tribute to Doctor Kate Hermann on her retirement, September 1969
Tribute by Norman Dott, to Doctor Kate Hermann on her retirement in September 1969. The talk was published in The Consultative (Staff Magazine of the Royal Infirmary Group), 2, p. 10.
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- Collection 3
- Subject
- 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