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:
Journal notes of the tour pp. 35-64, 1955
Journal notes by Norman Dott of his tour to U.S.A. and Canada, pp. 35-64, 1955.
Journal notes of the tour pp. 65-92, 1955
Journal notes by Norman Dott of his tour to U.S.A. and Canada, pp. 65-92, 1955.
Journal notes of the tour pp. 93-100, 1955
Journal notes by Norman Dott of his tour to U.S.A. and Canada, pp. 93-100, 1955.
Journal notes of the tour pp. 101-117, 1955
Journal notes by Norman Dott of his tour to U.S.A. and Canada, pp. 101-117, 1955.
Journal notes of the tour pp. 118-138, 1955
Journal notes by Norman Dott of his tour to U.S.A. and Canada, pp. 118-138, 1955.
Journal of 'The Grand Peregrination', 27 August 1961-25 September 1961
Journal of 'The Grand Peregrination' by Norman Dott. The material is a pencil written, full personal and professional journal account of Dott's South American tour, occupying one pad of airmail writing paper beginning in Edinburgh on 27 August 1961 and ending in Mérida, Yucatan 25 September 1961 The pad is numbered 1, but there is no continuation covering North America and Canada.
'La décompression antérieure pour la paraplégie du mal de Pott' , April 1954
Lecture by Norman Dott, 'La décompression antérieure pour la paraplégie du mal de Pott'. The paper was delivered to the Société Chirurgicale d'Alger, dated April 1954. See reference Harris 52 in Coll-32/A.3.
Latin-American Congresses of Neurosurgery, 1953-1963
Material relating to the Latin-American Congresses of Neurosurgery, 1953-1963. The material consists of correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues and organisers regarding his participation in various congresses, especially the 6th Congress (1955), dated 1953-55, including Dott's suggestions for themes,and evaluation of participants and the 10th Congress (1963), including Dott's suggestions for participants. It also includes printed material regarding congresses.
Lecture by Norman Dott on 'Circulatory Impairment of Nervous Tissue', 1962
Lecture by Norman Dott on 'Circulatory Impairment of Nervous Tissue'. The lecture was intended for delivery as part of the 'Basic Sciences' course, and contains brief related correspondence, dated 1962.
Lecture notes, December 1947 and undated
Additional filters:
- Subject
- 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
- South Africa 2
- South Africa -- Cape Town 2
- Spinal Diseases 2
- Thailand 2
- Thrombophlebitis 2
- United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston 2
- Accidents, Traffic 1
- Amnesia 1
- Amputation 1
- Anaesthesia 1
- Anaesthetics 1
- Anesthesia 1
- Arachnoiditis 1
- Belgium -- Brussels 1
- Blindness 1
- Blood | Transfusion | 1
- Blood--Coagulation 1
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America 1
- Brain 1
- Brain Diseases 1
- Buenos Aires (Argentina) 1
- Canada -- Alberta -- Edmonton 1
- Case Notes 1
- Central Nervous System Diseases 1
- Cerebral Palsy 1
- Clinical Medicine 1
- Deafness 1
- Denmark -- Copenhagen 1
- Dundee -- Scotland 1
- Dyslexia 1
- Ear Diseases 1
- England -- Hull 1
- England -- Sheffield 1
- Facial Neuralgia 1
- Facial nerve 1
- Fishing 1
- Greece -- Thessalonike 1
- Hemorrhage 1
- Hong Kong (China) 1
- Illustrations 1
- Insulin 1
- Intracranial Hemorrhages 1
- 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