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Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

 Person

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:

Another version of 'The arteriovenous malformations of the brain...', marked 'Final Version', October 1964, 1966

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.203
Scope and Contents

'Final version Oct. 1964' , and copy of published paper, see reference Harris 80 in Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: October 1964, 1966

Another version of 'The arteriovenous malformations of the brain: review of 115 cases', 1963

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.200
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott in collaboration with J.J. Maccabe, 'The arteriovenous malformations of the brain: review of 115 cases'. Another version of Coll-32/D.199 with manucript revisions and deletions, with note 'USA 1963, H.C. Soc. [society] Philadelphia and Columbia Med. Sch. [Medical School]'

Dates: 1963

Another version of 'The arteriovenous malformations of the brain: review of 115 cases', 1963

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.201
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott in collaboration with J.J. Maccabe, 'The arteriovenous malformations of the brain: review of 115 cases'. The material is another version of Coll-32/D.199, with with a note 'U.S,A. 1963 - not used'.

Dates: 1963

Another version of 'The arteriovenous malformations of the brain: review of 115 cases', 1963

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.202
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott in collaboration with J.J. Maccabe, 'The arteriovenous malformations of the brain: review of 115 cases'. The material is another version of Coll-32/D.199, marked 'Lyon version' containing manucript notes by Dott and J.J MaAaccabe.

Dates: 1963

'Anthropology and anatomy !inked with the third circulation', May 1950

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.55
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott, Anthropology and anatomy !inked with the third circulation'. This paper was given at Aberdeen, dated May 1950 and contains a list of slides.

Dates: May 1950

Appeal on behalf of The Royal Blind Asylum and School, Edinburgh, November 1964

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.227
Scope and Contents

Appeal on behalf of The Royal Blind Asylum and School, Edinburgh. The appeal was written by Norman Dott and broadcast as the Week's Good Cause, BBC Scottish Home Service, November 1964. The material consists of manuscript drafts and script of appeal; list of subscribers; and correspondence with the organisers.

Dates: November 1964

'Arterial Angioma', c 1930

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.17
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Arterial Angioma'. The material is undated but is probably from 1930 since it is a draft for reference Harris 30, see Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: c 1930

Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía, 1961, 1967-1968

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/F.110
Scope and Contents

Material relating to the Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía. The material consists of correspondence nominating Norman Dott as 'Guest of Honour', University of Buenos Aires, 1961; correspondence regarding congresses to be held there 1967 and 1968; and printed documents regarding meetings.

Dates: 1961, 1967-1968

Background material regarding the link between University of Edinburgh Medical School and Baroda Medical College, India, c 1963-1965

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/E.49
Scope and Contents

Background material regarding the link between University of Edinburgh Medical School and Baroda Medical College, India.

Dates: c 1963-1965

Bangour General Hospital Folder-based Case Notes

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: LHB40 CC
Scope and Contents

LHSA has two collections of case notes from Bangour General Hospital, both stemming from the hospital's foundation as an Emergency Medical Service Hospital during the Second World War. One collection (LHB40 CC/1) covers military patients treated by the maxillofacial surgery specialist unit. The second (LHB40 CC/2) relates to the patients from the military and auxiliary services treated by Norman Dott's Brain Injuries' Unit.

Dates: 1939-1970

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Type
Archival Object 638
Collection 3
 
Subject
Neurosurgery 78
Brain Neoplasms 19
Epilepsy 17
Ophthalmology 16
Cerebrospinal Fluid 14
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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
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