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:

Correspondence between Norman Dott and George L. Alexander, 1963-1966

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.26

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Norman Dott and George L. Alexander, dated 1963-1966. The correspondence mainly relates to Alexander's proposal to create an 'Institute of the Neurosurgical Sciences' in Bristol, with plans, draft proposals, staff, etc. Some other professional matters regarding hospital planning, and cases under treatment, as well as personal and social news are also discussed.

Dates: 1963-1966

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott and George Riddoch, April 1941

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.16

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and George Riddoch, dated April 1941. The material relates to the Bangour unit, its administration and personnel, April 1941.

Dates: April 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 / Correspondence regarding Dott's 'Brain Injuries Unit' at Bangour

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Glenn J. Greenwood, 1961

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.189

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Glenn J. Greenwood, dated 1961. The correspondence is regarding a facial nerve surgery case.

Dates: 1961

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 Harvey Cushing, 1924-1927

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.1

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Harvey Cushing, dated 1924-1927.

Dates: 1924-1927

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence / Correspondence between Norman Dott and Harvey Cushing

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Harvey Cushing, 1928-1931

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.2

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Harvey Cushing, dated 1928-1931. the material also also includes correspondence regarding a memorial volume for Cushing's 60th birthday(1928-1929) and regarding Dott's plans for neuro-surgery in Edinburgh, 1929-1931.

Dates: 1928-1931

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence / Correspondence between Norman Dott and Harvey Cushing

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Harvey Cushing, 1933-1938

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.3

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Harvey Cushing, dated 1933-1938.

Dates: 1933-1938

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence / Correspondence between Norman Dott and Harvey Cushing

Correspondence between Norman Dott and John Holt, 1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.173

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-subseries consists of 2 files containing material relating to the lecture by Norman Dott, 'The neurosurgeon and the architect', given to the Edinburgh Architectural Association in December 1962.

Dates: 1962

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'The neurosurgeon and the architect'

Correspondence between Norman Dott and John Penman, 1951

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.69

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Norman Dott and John Penman, dated 1951. The material relates to Dott's paper on 'Facial pain' and Penman's work on the same subject.

Dates: 1951

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott and John Saunders, 1931-1932

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.4

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Norman Dott and John Saunders, dated 1931-1932. The correspondence relates to congenital hip dislocation, and it includes photographs and a copy of a paper on the subject by Saunders.

Dates: 1931-1932

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Julio Sánchez Juan, 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.25

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Julio Sánchez Juan, 1964. The correspondence relates to hospital planning.

Dates: 1964

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

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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