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:
'The training and accreditation of the specialist surgeon', September 1968
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The training and accreditation of the specialist surgeon'. The paper was delivered at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, dated September 1968.
'Traumatic lesions of the optic chiasma', 1934
Paper by Norman Dott, 'Traumatic lesions of the optic chiasma'. The material consists of a manuscript draft, with notes and correspondence with William Ritchie Russell, dated 1934 and was published as an article in Brain, 58, see reference Harris 35 in Coll-32/A.3.
'Treatment of peripheral facial paralysis by facio-facial nerve grafting', 1957
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Treatment of peripheral facial paralysis by facio-facial nerve grafting', dated 1957. The paper was given in Durban, South Africa. It is similar to the paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 51.
Typescript of published version of 'The history of surgical neurology in the 20th century', 1971
Paper by Norman Dott, 'The history of surgical neurology in the 20th century'. The material consists of a typescript version of this paper as published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 64, 1971.
Untitled address to Aberdeen University Anatomical and Anthropological Society, November 1959
Untitled address by Norman Dott to Aberdeen University Anatomical and Anthropological Society, dated November 1959. The material is regarding the history of surgical neurology and other disciplines and consists of a typescript of the lecture with manuscript revisions.
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.
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