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, J. Sloan Robertson, Joseph Schorstein and John S Mackay, 1958-1959

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.131

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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.

Dates: 1958-1959

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Lectures and papers on 'Surgical Neurology and other disciplines'

Correspondence between Norman Dott, John B. Gaylor and Terence Cawthorne, 1951

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.67

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Correspondence between Norman Dott, John B Gaylor and Terence Cawthorne. The correspondence relates to their material in contribution to a meeting on Facial Pain, dated 1951.

Dates: 1951

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott, John Fraser and other medical staff, c 1972

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.281

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Norman Dott, John Fraser and other medical staff, c 1972. The correspondence is mainly with Lieutenant-Colonel John Fraser, Physician Superintendent of the Astley Ainslie Hospital and it relates to the establishment and organisation of the Regional Stoma Clinic at the hospital. The material includes drafts and texts of handouts and information sheets about the clinic, and also correspondence about the article Dott and Fraser wrote for the Chief Medical Officer's Health...

Dates: c 1972

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Papers and correspondence on Colostomy and Stoma Clinic

Correspondence between Norman Dott, John McLeod, Robin Lowe and W.R. Thrower, 1952, 1955

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.70

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Correspondence between Norman Dott, John McLeod, Robin Lowe and W.R. Thrower. The material consists of brief correspondence relating to Dott's paper on 'Facial Pain' and relief from pain. The correspondence with John McLeod and Robin Lowe is dated 1952 and with W.R. Thrower is dated 1955. It includes an offprint of reference Harris 34 in Coll-32/A.3, which was an earlier work by Dott on the same subject.

Dates: 1952, 1955

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott, Juan Negrin, W .H. Brown and W. S. Craig, 1966

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.30

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Brief correspondence between Norman Dott, Juan Negrin, W .H. Brown and W. S. Craig, 1966. The correspondence with W.H. Brown relates to the history of medicine and the correspondence with W.S. Craig relates to recollections of Doctor John Thomson.

Dates: 1966

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott, Lord Adrian and others, 1948, 1957

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.7

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Norman Dott, Lord Adrian and others including Juan Carlos Christensen, dated 1948 and 1957. The correspondence is mainly regarding 'phantom pain' and its treatment (Adrian's wife had undergone above-knee amputation as a result of a climbing accident in the Lakes in 1942), but it includes much interesting material on perception, the training of animals (including Dott's dogs), recollections of Pavlov, Cushing (it includes an operation performed by Cushing during a visit...

Dates: 1948, 1957

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott, M. Milletti, G. Jefferson and G.L. Alexander [check dates], c 1955-1961

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.82

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Correspondence between Norman Dott, Mario Milletti, Geoffrey Jefferson and George L. Alexander, c 1955-1961 [check dates]. The correspondence relates to a proposed European journal of neurosurgery.

Dates: c 1955-1961

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.)

Correspondence between Norman Dott, nurses, GPs. and other colleagues, 1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.45

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Correspondence between Norman Dott, nurses, GPs. and other colleagues, 1973. The correspondence is regarding equipment for colostomy patients and their training in its use.

Dates: 1973

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, Robert K.S. Lim, Barry C. Hovel, Yun Peng Huang and Javad Hekmat-Panah, 1965-1966

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.28

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Brief correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues, 1965-1966. The correspondents are Robert K.S. Lim, 1965, Barry C. Hovel, regarding the history of anaesthesia, 1965, Yun Peng Huang, 1965 and Javad Hekmat-Panah regarding ventricular drainage, 1965-1966.

Dates: 1965-1966

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

Correspondence between Norman Dott, Samuel Rosner, Percival Bailey, Philip C. Bromage, Phillip Harris, Sir Charles Symonds, R.H. Girdwood and Sir Sydney Smith [Check is it Philip R Bromage?], 1952-1953, 1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.9

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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Colleagues, 1952-1963, 1962. The correspondents are Samuel Rosner, 1952, Percival Bailey, postcard, 1952, Philip C. Bromage [Check is it Philip R Bromage?], 1953, Phillip Harris, regarding trigeminal pain and other matters, 1953, Sir Charles Symonds, 1953 R.H. Girdwood, regarding G.P. training in Edinburgh, and Sir Sydney Smith, 1953 and Dott's letter regarding the death of Smith's wife, 1962.

Dates: 1952-1953, 1962

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

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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