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 641 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence with Norman Dott from visit to Cape Town, 1955
Correspondence with Norman Dott from visit to Cape Town, 1955. The material consists of correspondence with Dott's colleagues and friends regarding his talk to be given, social arrangements, and consultation. It includes Dott's notes on his schedule, and on patients seen.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding applications from Thai medical staff to train in the UK [1 of 4], c 1965-1969 [check dates]
Correspondence with Norman Dott and colleagues officials and candidates regarding applications from Thai medical, surgical and nursing staff to spend periods of training in the U.K., c 1965-1969. Contains Dott's list of the Thai applicants.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding applications from Thai medical staff to train in the UK [2 of 4], c 1965-1969
Correspondence with Norman Dott and colleagues officials and candidates regarding applications from Thai medical, surgical and nursing staff to spend periods of training in the U.K., c 1965-1969. Dott's list of the Thai applicants is included in Coll-32/E.55.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding applications from Thai medical staff to train in the UK [3 of 4], c 1965-1969
Correspondence with Norman Dott and colleagues officials and candidates regarding applications from Thai medical, surgical and nursing staff to spend periods of training in the U.K., c 1965-1969. Dott's list of the Thai applicants is included in Coll-32/E.55.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding applications from Thai medical staff to train in the UK [4 of 4], c 1965-1969
Correspondence with Norman Dott and colleagues officials and candidates regarding applications from Thai medical, surgical and nursing staff to spend periods of training in the U.K., c 1965-1969. Dott's list of the Thai applicants is included in Coll-32/E.55.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding 'Brain, movement and Time', 1959-1963
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding 'Brain, movement and Time'. The correspondence is regarding arrangements for the lecture 'Brain, movement and Time', and its publication in the British Medical Association Journal, dated 1959-60; and a request for a reprint, from Pamela Robinson (Victor Horsley's daughter), with thanks for the lecture, dated 1963.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding delivery of lecture at Ankara and its publication, 1964-1965
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding delivery of his lecture at Ankara and its publication, dated 1964-1965. Dott mentions here that the paper was to be published in Netherlands Acta Neurochirurgica, but it is not listed in the Harris bibliography in Coll-32/A.3. The material also includes photographs and transparencies for use in lectures.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding dinner for Sir Geoffrey Jefferson, 1958
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding the dinner for Sir Geoffrey Jefferson, dated 1958. The material includes a copy of Dott's vote of thanks to Jefferson on the occasion of his first Hugh Cairns Memorial lecture.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding his lecture at Waltham Forest, 1966
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding his lecture at Waltham Forest, dated 1966. The correspondence relates to Dott's lecture, 'Reflections on the history of surgical neurology' given as the Special British Medical Association Lecture, November 1966.
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding possible visit to Australia, 1964
Correspondence with Norman Dott regarding possible visit to Australia following advice, dated 1964. No financial support was forthcoming and the visit did not take place in the event.
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- Neurosurgery 78
- Brain Neoplasms 19
- Epilepsy 17
- Ophthalmology 16
- Cerebrospinal Fluid 14
- Colostomy 14
- Pituitary Diseases 14
- Craniocerebral Trauma 13
- Facial Pain 11
- Intracranial Aneurysm 11
- Surgery 11
- Trigeminal Neuralgia 11
- Pediatrics | 10
- Autobiographies 9
- Paralysis 8
- Arteriovenous Malformations 7
- Carcinoma 7
- Hydrocephalus 7
- Aneurysm 6
- Arteriovenous Fistula 6
- Hip Injuries 5
- Facial Paralysis 4
- Obituaries 4
- Paraplegia 4
- Physical Disabilities 4
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 4
- Biographies 3
- Congenital Abnormalities 3
- Encephalitis 3
- Hypothalamus 3
- Hypothermia 3
- Neurology 3
- Pituitary gland 3
- Angiography 2
- Athens, Greece 2
- Breast cancer 2
- Dentistry 2
- India -- Calcutta 2
- Iran 2
- Neurology | Scotland | 2
- Pituitary neoplasms 2
- Portugal 2
- Portugal -- Porto 2
- Singapore 2
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- South Africa -- Cape Town 2
- Spinal Diseases 2
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- Accidents, Traffic 1
- Amnesia 1
- Amputation 1
- Anaesthesia 1
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- Anesthesia 1
- Arachnoiditis 1
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- Blood | Transfusion | 1
- Blood--Coagulation 1
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America 1
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- Denmark -- Copenhagen 1
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- Ear Diseases 1
- England -- Hull 1
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- Facial Neuralgia 1
- Facial nerve 1
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- Hemorrhage 1
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- Ireland -- Dublin 1
- Keratitis 1
- Klippel-Feil Syndrome 1
- Madras (India) 1
- Medical care | Edinburgh (Scotland) | 1
- Medicine | Edinburgh (Scotland) | Study and teaching | 1
- Medicine | Research | 1
- Medicine | Study and teaching | Edinburgh (Scotland) | 1
- Netherlands -- Amsterdam 1
- Netherlands : Province -- Holland 1
- Neuroma, Acoustic 1
- New York City (New York, United States) 1
- Pain 1
- Parkinsonian Disorders 1