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.

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'Endocrine aspects of breast cancer', 1957

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.13

Scope and Contents

This file contains material relating to the conference, 'Endocrine aspects of breast cancer', held at University of Glasgow, 8 July 1957-10 July 1957. The material consists of a programme and abstracts of papers; and corresppndence between Norman Dott and the organisers regarding participation by Dott and his team. The correspondents are A.P.M. Forrest and C.F.W. Illingworth.

Dates: 1957

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

'Examples of two common surgical cerebellar affections of childhood', 28 November 1930

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.12

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Lecture 'Examples of two common surgical cerebellar affections of childhood', by Norman Dott with manuscript note 'shown to Pediatric [Paediatric] club', dated 28 November 1930.

Dates: 28 November 1930

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

'Experiences in the surgical treatment of intracranial diseases', October 1930

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.11

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Lecture 'Experiences in the surgical treatment of intracranial diseases' delivered by Norman Dott to the Halifax B.M.A. [British Medical Association] Division, dated October 1930.

Dates: October 1930

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Lectures on the surgery of intracranial tumours

'Experiences with the treatment of Tic Douloureux in Edinburgh', April 1955

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.73

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Experiences with the treatment of Tic Douloureux in Edinburgh'. The paper was delivered to the Society of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, dated April 1955.

Dates: April 1955

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Lectures and papers on Tic Douloureux

'Experiences with the treatment of Tic Douloureux in Edinburgh', April 1955

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.74

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Experiences with the treatment of Tic Douloureux in Edinburgh'. Another copy of the paper delivered to the Society of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, dated April 1955, with corrections and additions.

Dates: April 1955

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Lectures and papers on Tic Douloureux

Extended lecture on brain structure and brain lesions, 11 June 1931

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.19

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Extended lecture by Norman Dott on brain structure and brain lesions. The material is typescript with mansucript correction, 26 pp., and dated 11 June 1931 for the undergraduate course.

Dates: 11 June 1931

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

Extended lecture on 'lntract. [Intractable] Pain' [check record], 1951

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Identifier: Col-32/C.37

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Extended lecture by Norman Dott on 'lntract. Pain', undated but probably intended for Postgraduate course. The material also includes an offprint of Dott's article on 'Facial Pain', Proceedings Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 44(12), pp.1033-1038, 1951. [see Harris 54 - assume this reference relates to Harris list in Coll-32/A.3].

Dates: 1951

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

Extended manuscript on the hypothalamus, 1938

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.34

Scope and Contents

Extended manuscript by Norman Dott on the hypothalamus. The material consists of a typescript with manuscript corrections, and it was probably written for Dott's contribution to The Hypothalamus, Edinburgh 1938. See reference Harris 43, Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: 1938

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 3 lectures on the hypothalamus

Extended 'Report to the Medical Research Council of work done during 1922 (Jan. [January] to August )', 1922

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Identifier: Coll-32/G.1

Scope and Contents Extended 'Report to the Medical Research Council of work done during 1922 (Jan. [January] to August )' by Norman Dott and John Fraser, from the Department of Physiology, University of Edinburgh under Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer. The material consists of 7 envelopes, all bearing Dott's list of contents, manuscripts and typescript drafts. Note, 'Part II Section I, An Investigation of the lnfluence of the Pituitary Body on the Developing Skeleton', had been removed from its envelope for separate...

Dates: 1922

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Working papers, notes and drawings / Work on the Pituitary

'Facial Pain', 1951

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.184

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Paper by Norman Dott, 'Facial Pain', dated 1951. The material consists of typescript of the paper with extensive manuscript additions and corrections, used for the lecture Coll-32/D.183; and related offprint and photographs. See reference Harris 54 in Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: 1951

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

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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