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:
'Anaesthesia in Intracranial Surgery', March 1933
'Aneurysmal Affections of the Cerebral Arteries', November 1946
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Aneurysmal Affections of the Cerebral Arteries'. The paper was delivered to Glasgow women students at the Queen Margaret Medical Club, dated November 1946. The material consists of 2 copies of the lecture, each with different manuscript notes.
Another copy of 'Surgical and Medical Neurology: disintegration and reintegration in specialist surgery and medicine', c 1967
Another copy of the lecture by Norman Dott, 'Surgical and Medical Neurology: disintegration and reintegration in specialist surgery and medicine'. The material consists of the text of the papoer with manuscript notes and a covering letter by F.J. Gillingham.
Another copy of 'The dentist in relation to medical and surgical neurology', December 1962-c 1964
Another copy of lecture by Norman Dott, 'The dentist in relation to medical and surgical neurology', dated 1962. The talk was given to British Dental Association, West of Scotland Branch, in Glasgow, dated December 1962. The material consists of text of the lecture with more extensive manuscript revisions than Coll-32/D.175; and copy of published version from British Dental Journal, 115, c 1964, see reference Harris 73 in Coll-32/A.3.
Another copy of the lecture, 'Operating' [check title], c 1962-1973
Another copy of the lecture by Norman Dott, 'Operating' [check title], undated but the paper where the material originated was dated 1962. The material has been differently revised from Coll-32/D.167, and it contains a list of slides.
Another manuscript talk on 'The after-care of colostomy etc. patients by means of the Regional Stoma Clinic', c 1972-1973
Another manuscript talk by Norman Dott on 'The after-care of colostomy etc. patients by means of the Regional Stoma Clinic', undated however presumably c 1972-1973 since Dott died in 1973. The material consists of text of the talk and printed items for General Practitioners and patients on colostomy and the stoma clinic.
Another version of 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', May 1964
Another version of lecture by Norman Dott, 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', dated May 1964. The paper was given to the Soceity of British Neurological Surgeons and it is revised and expanded, and with a new introduction compared with Coll-32/D.207.
Another version of 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', September 1964
Another version of lecture by Norman Dott, 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula'. The paper was given to the Middle East Neurological Congress, Ankara, dated September 1964. Dott was asked to read this paper, but he was unable to attend and arranged for it to be read for him by Mr Kenneth Till.
Another version of 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula', 1964
Another version of lecture by Norman Dott, 'Carotid cavernous arterio-venous fistula'. The material is marked '1964 + Laity slides, 19', and it is a revised and expanded version of Coll-32/D.209.
Another version of 'Reflections on the history of surgical neurology', November 1966
Another version of the lecture by Norman Dott, 'Reflections on the history of surgical neurology'. The talk was, given as a Special British Medical Association Lecture to Waltham Forest Division, November 1966. The material is a heavily revised and extended version of Coll-32/D.234.
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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