Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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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:

Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues and papers on transphenoidal operation for pituitary tumours, 1957-1954

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.14

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues and papers on transphenoidal operation for pituitary tumours. The material consists of correspondence between Dott and Gilbert Horrax, 1957, correspondence between Dott and H.J. Svien, giving Dott's views and results of treatment, 1964. It includes manuscripts of lectures given by Dott on 'Surgical Diseases of the Pituitary Region' at Pretoria 1957, Aberdeen 1958, Smethwick 1959, and a paper by François L. Deborsu (one of Dott's students)...

Dates: 1957-1954

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence

Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues in Italy, 1963-1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.46

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues in Italy, dated 1963-1964. The correspondence relates to possible visits by Dott to Italy which were originally planned as part of the tour to Holland and Norway, but were later deferred.

Dates: 1963-1964

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Conferences, visits, lecture tours / Visits to Holland and Norway

Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues regarding a Peruvian patient, 1953-1954

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.10

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues. The correspondence is regarding a Peruvian patient with an intracranial aneurysm and espescially regarding surgical treatment of such cases, 1953-1954. The corrspondents are Jorge Voto Bernales and William Beecher Scoville.

Dates: 1953-1954

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence

Correspondence between Norman Dott and congress organisers, 1968-1970

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.266

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and organisers of the Fourth lnternational Congress of Neurological Surgery, dated 1968-1970. The material relates to the paper which Dott presented there, 'Medical, Psychic and Surgical Neurology' and its subsequent publication in the Journal of Neurosurgery. The correspondents include A. Earl Walker.

Dates: 1968-1970

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'Medical, Psychic and Surgical Neurology'

Correspondence between Norman Dott and C.P. Symonds, October 1939-November 1939

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.12

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and C.P. Symonds, dated October 1939-November 1939. The material relates to Dott's wish to use his resources at Bangour fully by enlarging intake of patients to other branches of the Armed Forces.

Dates: October 1939-November 1939

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh / Papers and correspondence relating to the Second World War / Correspondence regarding Dott's 'Brain Injuries Unit' at Bangour

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Eric C. Mekie, 1956

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.13

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Eric C. Mekie, 1956. The correspondence relates to drawings in an article by Dott of 1923.

Dates: 1956

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Ethicon Limited and colleagues, 1960-1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.190

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Ethicon Limited and colleagues, dated 1960-1963. The correspondence relates to the manufacture and supply of special needles and sutures for facial surgery operation. Ethicon were suppliers of medical instruments. The equipment was described in Dott's 1963 paper in Coll-32/D.192.

Dates: 1960-1963

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Lectures and correspondence on 'Facial Paralysis'

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Geoffrey Jefferson, June 1941

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.33

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Geoffrey Jefferson, dated June 1941. The material relates to staffing difficulties especially in view of Hugh Cairns' demand for 3 more mobile teams and it include an agenda for the 3rd Regional Advisers meeting.

Dates: June 1941

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh / Papers and correspondence relating to the Second World War / Papers and correspondence especially relating to Regional Advisers in Neuro-surgery

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Geoffrey Jefferson, September 1941-November 1941

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.34

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Geoffrey Jefferson, dated September 1941-November 1941. The material relates to Regional Consultants meetings September 1941 or December 1941 and it contains with discussion of the forms for medical records and Dott's appointment as Consultant to the Scottish Board of Health Emergency Medical Service.

Dates: September 1941-November 1941

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh / Papers and correspondence relating to the Second World War / Papers and correspondence especially relating to Regional Advisers in Neuro-surgery

Correspondence between Norman Dott and George B. Udvarhelyi, 1971-1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.36

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and George B. Udvarhelyi, 1971-1973. The correspondence is mostly regarding the planning of the Johns Hopkins Institution. It includes duplicated reports and memorandums on the subject, and also personal and social correspondence.

Dates: 1971-1973

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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