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:
Visit to Honolulu, 1961-1964
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Honolulu. The material consists of correspondence betwen Dott and colleagues regarding the proposed visit by Dott in the course of his Eastern tour, 1963-1964. It includes some notes by Dott regarding colleagues dated 1961.
Visit to Madras, November 1964
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Madras (now Chennia), India, made on his way to Bangkok, November 1964. The material consists of correspondence between Dott and colleagues, a programme of the visit and lectures, Dott's manuscript notes on the visit. It includes some professional correspondence.
Visit to Oslo, December 1960
Visit to Portugal, 1958
Visit to Portugal, May 1962
Material relating to Norman Dott's Visit to Portugal, dated May 1962. The material consists of brief manuscript notes on visit, colleagues and cases.
Visit to Salonika, May 1963
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Salonika. This was an emergency visit by Dott arranged through the 'League for Democracy in Greece' to advise on Gregoris Larnbrokis, a left-wing deputy who sustained severe head injuries during a political rally and did not recover. The material consists of correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues and officials; a copy of Dott's medical report; and letters of thanks, etc.
Visit to Shiraz, Iran, April 1965-May 1965
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Shiraz, Iran, April 1965-May 1965. Dott was the first guest Professor of Neurosurgery at Pahlavi University, Shiraz. The material consists of Dott's list of lectures to be given; notes on colleagues and hospitals; manuscript of lecture on 'Surgical neurology and other disciplines, adapted for Shiraz; and correspondence between Dott and colleagues regarding his visit to the medical school.
Visit to University of Singapore, March 1965
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to University of Singapore, March 1965. The material consists of a list of lectures given by Dott and correspondence with colleagues regarding the visit. It includes a report by Dott on the organisation and staffing of Surgical Neurology in the University.
Vole of thanks to J. Z. Young, March 1968
Vote of thanks by Norman Dott to J.Z. Young. The speech was given after Young's lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on the Memory System of the Brain, dated March 1968.
Vote of thanks to Mrs S. Childs, March 1969
Vote of thanks by Norman Dott to Mrs S. Childs after his lecture to Scottish Association for the Study of Dyslexia, dated March 1969. The material includes reference to John Hunter as a likely sufferer from dyslexia.
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- 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