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 Sir Charles Illingworth, 1961-1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.18

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Charles Illingworth, 1961-1962. The correspondence relates to Illingworth's work on an O₂ pressure chamber in Glasgow.

Dates: 1961-1962

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence / Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding his work on hypothermia and cerebral cooling

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Charles Symonds, 1951-1952

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.68

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Charles Symonds. The material relates to Dott's paper on 'Facial Pain' and Symonds work on the same subject, dated 1951-1952. The material includes an offprint.

Dates: 1951-1952

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir David Wilkie and George M. Robertson, October 1930-December 1930

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.3

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir David Wilkie and George M. Robertson, dated October-December 1930. The correspondence relates to the link with [neuro-surgical work to] the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Dates: October 1930-December 1930

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh / Correspondence, reports and papers regarding the development of neuro-surgery in Edinburgh

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Frank W. Holdsworth, 1966, 1968

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.231

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Frank W. Holdsworth, dated 1966 and 1968. The correspondence relates to Dott's lecture, 'Training and Certification in Surgical Neurology and Surgery for UK and overseas'.

Dates: 1966, 1968

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'Training and Certification in Surgical Neurology and Surgery for UK and overseas'

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Rodney King, 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.24

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Rodney King, dated 1963. The correspondence relates to 'Operative Surgery'.

Dates: 1963

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Russell Brain, 1959

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.22

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Russell Brain, 1959. The material relates to the Round Table Conference on 'The Surgery of Mental Disorders' held as part of the Joint Annual Meeting of the British and Canadian Medical Associations and chaired by Brain. It includes manuscript notes by Dott, probably on matters raised at the Conference.

Dates: 1959

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Conferences, visits, lecture tours / Joint Annual Meeting, British and Canadian Medical Associations, Edinburgh

Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Walter Mercer, January 1962-February 1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.22

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Sir Walter Mercer, January 1962-February 1962. The material contains a full account by Dott of his views on 'Painful amputation stumps', sent at the request of Mercer who was to give the Roscoe Clarke Memorial Lecture of that title.

Dates: January 1962-February 1962

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott and T. Donald Kellock of the Illestomy Association, 1971

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.41

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and T. Donald Kellock of the Illestomy Association, 1971.

Dates: 1971

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Correspondence / Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding Colostomy, Ileostomy, and Dott's 'Stoma Clinic'

Correspondence between Norman Dott and the British Council Specialist Tours Department, June 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.42

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and the British Council Specialist Tours Department, dated June 1963. The material consists of a letter by Dott with a reply outlining Dott's plans for and extensive lecture tours conferences, to which he hoped the British Council would contribute some support. These include visits to Teheran and Athens 1963 (Coll-32/E.43-E.44), Oslo and Holland 1964 (Coll-32/E.48), India and Thailand 1965 (Coll-32/E.59).

Dates: June 1963

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Conferences, visits, lecture tours

Correspondence between Norman Dott and the British Council Specialist Tours Department, 1963-1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.45

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and the British Council Specialist Tours Department, dated 1963-1964. The correspondence relates to tours planned and Council support. It includes letters about recital of Burns' songs in the vernacular.

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

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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