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 76 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence between Norman Dott and Glenn J. Greenwood, 1961
Correspondence between Norman Dott and Glenn J. Greenwood, dated 1961. The correspondence is regarding a facial nerve surgery case.
Correspondence between Norman Dott and Karsten Kettel, 1956-1958
Correspondence between Norman Dott and Karsten Kettel, dated 1956-1958. The correspondence relates to the importance of Dott's work in facial nerve surgery and it includes a copy of Kettel's note on Dott's 'Intracranial Nerve Grafting'. See reference Harris 61 in Coll-32/A.3.
Correspondence between Norman Dott, J. Sloan Robertson, Joseph Schorstein and John S Mackay, 1958-1959
Correspondence between Norman Dott, J. Sloan Robertson, Joseph Schorstein and John S Mackay. The material relates to Dott's lecture in Glasgow and the views he expressed.
Correspondence with Norman Dott, 1967, 1969
Correspondence with Norman Dott arising from visit to Durban, 1955
Correspondence with Norman Dott arising from visit to Durban, 1955. The correspondence is mainly from Dott's colleagues and acquaintances who were hoping to see Dott, or from doctors and patients hoping for a consultation. The material includes casenotes of patients, Dott's remarks, and letters of thanks, etc. The material is selectively indexed.
Department of Surgical Neurology, 1954-1958
Plans of spaces within the Department of Surgical Neurology, which opened at the Western General Hospital in 1960, overseen by Professor Norman Dott.
Department of Surgical Neurology Papers, 1908-1972
Correspondence; minutes; reports; photographs; patient case notes; lecture notes and teaching materials; journals; offprints; plans; diaries; illustrations; books.
'Disintegration in specialist medicine - modern patterns of re-integration', September 1968
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Disintegration in specialist medicine - modern patterns of re-integration'. The paper was delivered at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, dated September 1968.
'Facial paralysis - restitution by nerve graft by-passing petrous portion', c 1958
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Facial paralysis - restitution by nerve graft by-passing petrous portion'. The material is probably related to the paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 51 in 1958, see reference Harris 64 in Coll-32/A.3.
'God's Children', March 1968
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'God's Children'. The talk was given to the Edinburgh Merchant Company Teachers' Association, dated March 1968. The material consists of text of the talk; and correspondence including letters of thanks. The content of the talk is largely autobiographical.
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- Epilepsy 2
- Hypothermia 2
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- Neuroma, Acoustic 1
- Patients | Scotland | Edinburgh | 1
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