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:
Bethesda, 1963
Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Bethesda. The material consists of correspondence with Dott and notes.
B.M.A. [British Medical Association] Clinical meeting, June 1943
B.M.A. [British Medical Association] Clinical meeting, dated June 1943. The material consists of arrangements for the meeting; a list of cases to be demonstrated; and a notice of talk to be given by Dott to Physiotherapists, June 1943, on 'Physiotherapy in relation to injuries of the brain and spinal cord'. There is no text of the talk in the file, but it does include tables of exercises to be used in physical training of head injury cases.
Board of Studies, Scottish Association of Occupational Therapists, 1962-1972
This sub-subseries consists of 2 files containing material relating to the Board of Studies, Scottish Association of Occupational Therapists, 1962-1972. The Board of Studies was established in 1962 to supervise the professional examinations of occupational therapists. Norman Dott was elected its first chairman and served in that capacity until 1972.
'Brain, movement and Time', June 1960
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Brain, movement and Time', dated June 1960. The material consists of a typescript of the lecture as delivered, with many manuscript revisions, and an offprint of the version published in the British Medical Journal, 2, see reference Harris 68 in Coll-32/A.3.
Brief correspondence and timetable relating to Dott's lecture on cranial and spinal neoplasms, 1959-1960
Brief correspondence and timetable relating to Dott's lecture on cranial and spinal neoplasms, dated 1959-60. The lecture was delivered to the Surgical Pathology class.
Brief correspondence between Norman Dott and Robert G. Ojemann, 1969
Brief correspondence between Norman Dott and Robert G. Ojemann. The correspondence is with the editor of Clinical Neurosurgery, 16 regarding publication of the papers Coll-32/D.258-D.262.
Brief correspondence from colleagues and friends to Norman Dott, undated
Brief correspondence from colleagues and friends to Norman Dott [check dates]. The correspondence in this file has not been itemised or indexed.
Brief talk by Dott regarding Vertebral Angiography, c 1950
Brief talk by Dott regarding Vertebral Angiography. The talk is undated but it is possibly from c 1950.
British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), 1956-1974
Material relating to the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), 1956-74 (Dott was and Honorary Member from 1955). The material consists of mainly printed items relating to meetings, congresses and affairs of BAPS, conference programmes, lists of members, etc. Some brief correspondence is included, and also manuscripts of Dott's introductory remarks to the Macarthur Lecture given by Doctor E. Sandegard at the BAPS meeting in Edinburgh, dated June 1957.
'C. S. F. [Cerebro-Spinal Fluid] circulation in neurology and its relation to surgery', undated
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'C. S. F. [Cerebro-Spinal Fluid] circulation in neurology and its relation to surgery'. The paper was delivered to 'Neurological Section Medical Association, 1 p. only. The material includes detailed lists of slides; captions for exhibits or demonstration; and charts and diagrams on subject, in English and French.
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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