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:

'God's Children', March 1968

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.249

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'God's Children'. The talk was given to the Edinburgh Merchant Company Teachers' Association, dated March 1968. The material consists of text of the talk; and correspondence including letters of thanks. The content of the talk is largely autobiographical.

Dates: March 1968

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

Guest lecture on cerebro-spinal fluid, May 1952-July 1952

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.56

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Guest lecture by Norman Dott on cerebra-spinal fluid. The lecture was given at a course in Neuro-Surgery and Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, dated May 1952-July 1952. The material includes a schedule of the course.

Dates: May 1952-July 1952

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Lectures, papers and correspondence on cerebro-spinal fluid

'Head Injuries', 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.84

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Head Injuries', dated 1963. The material is an expanded and updated version of the paper in Coll-32/D.83).

Dates: 1963

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

'Hydrocephalus simulating tumour in the production of chiasmal and other parahypophysial lesions', February 1931

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.21

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Lecture 'Hydrocephalus simulating tumour in the production of chiasmal and other parahypophysial lesions' by Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair and Norman Dott. The paper was given to the North of England Ophthalmological Society, dated February 1931 and is a similar (not identical) paper to Coll-32/D.20. The paper was later published in Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society, vol. 51, 1931, see reference Harris 27 in Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: February 1931

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

'Hydrocephalus simulating tumour in the production of chiasmal and other parahypophysial lesions', April 1931

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.20

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Lecture 'Hydrocephalus simulating tumour in the production of chiasmal and other parahypophysial lesions' by Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair and Norman Dott. The paper was delivered at the Congress Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom, dated April 1931 and is a similar (not identical) paper to Coll-32/D.21. The paper was later published in Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society, vol. 51, 1931, see reference Harris 27 in Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: April 1931

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

I. Disorders of the pituitary gland, 1930

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.14

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Dates: 1930

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh Lectures / Postgraduate Lectures / 3 lectures given and numbered as a series

I. Gross Pathology, June 1929

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.11

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I. Gross Pathology. The material consists of 2 copies of lecture notes with marginal notes for diagrams and slides, and separate list of slides, dated June 1929.

Dates: June 1929

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh Lectures / Postgraduate Lectures / 'Cerebral Tumour and Allied conditions'

I. Surgical Physiology: introductory remarks, 1 September 1930

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.17

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I. Surgical Physiology: introductory remarks. Contains 2 different texts of lectures by Norman Dott, one of them is dated 1 September 1930.

Dates: 1 September 1930

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh Lectures / Postgraduate Lectures / Lectures on 'Surgical Physiology'

II. Blood transfusion, 4 September 1930

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.18

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II. Blood transfusion. The material consists of 2 texts of lectures by Norman Dott with different annotations, one is dated 4 September 1930.

Dates: 4 September 1930

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh Lectures / Postgraduate Lectures / Lectures on 'Surgical Physiology'

II. Special Pathology, June 1929

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.12

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II. Special Pathology. The material consists of 2 copies of lecture and list of slides, dated June 1929.

Dates: June 1929

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh Lectures / Postgraduate Lectures / 'Cerebral Tumour and Allied conditions'

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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