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:
Untitled lecture relating to pituitary lesions in childhood, May 1933
Untitled lecture by Norman Dott relating to pituitary lesions in childhood. The paper was delivered to a Medico-Chirurgical Society Clinical meeting, dated May 1933.
Untitled talk regarding surgical aspects of the hypothalamus, c 1937
Untitled talk by Norman Dott regarding surgical aspects of the hypothalamus. The paper is undated but it was kept with kept with two similar papers dated 1937 and 1938.
'Vascular Lesions of C.N.S [Central Nervous System]', 1946
Paper by Norman Dott, 'Vascular Lesions of C.N.S. [Central Nervous System]'. The material conssits of a heavily corrected manuscript with a note 'P.G. Med. [Postgraduate Medicine]', dated 1946.
Version of lecture on Robert Burns and Medicine given in Oslo, May 1964
Version of lecture by Norman Dott on Robert Burns and Medicine given. The paper was given at the Medical Historical Society of Norway meeting at Oslo, May 1964. The material has many manuscript corrections, and it contains brief correspondence regarding Scots dialect in the lecture, see Coll-32/E .45.
'Vertebral Angiography: percutaneous lateral atlanto-occipital method', 1959
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Vertebral Angiography: percutaneous lateral atlanto-occipital method'. The material consists of a stencilled version of a paper given at the B.M.A. [British Medical Assocation] Joint Annual Meeting with the Canadian Medical Association, Edinburgh, 1959, with many manuscript revisions.
Visit to Athens, October 1963
Material relating to Normand Dott's visit to Athens, Greece. The material consists of correspondence regarding arrangements to visit Greece and lecture at Athens after the Middle East Neurosurgical Conference at Teheran, see Coll-32/D.130. It includes some science correspondence on brain injury arising from the Lambrakis case, see Coll-32/E.41, and Dott's manuscript notes on hospitals and colleagues that he visited in Athens.
Visit to Beirut and Teheran, May 1965
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Beirut and Teheran, May 1965. The material consists of invitations and correspondence between Dott and colleagues, Dott's manuscript notes on colleagues, cases seen, etc.
Visit to Calcutta, 1964-1965
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Calcutta, in April 1965. The material consists of a programme of the visit, correspondence with Dott and letters of invitation; Dott's manuscript notes on his visit, 1964-65; and shorter correspondence between Dott and colleagues in or about India.
Visit to Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), November 1964
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) made on his way to Bangkok, November 1964. The material consists of correspondence between Dott, colleagues and officials (including a contract); Dott's manuscript notes on colleagues' visits, etc.; manuscript notes for his talk on the organisation and teaching of Surgical Neurology.
Visit to Hong Kong, March 1965-April 1965
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Hong Kong, dated March 1965-April 1965. The material consists of a programme of the visit, correspondence between Dott, colleagues and officials, various letters of introduction and recommendation by Dott and some professional correspondence.
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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