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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Lecture on head injuries labelled, '1963 adapted for U.S.A.', 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.196

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Lecture on head injuries by Norman Dott, heavily revised and labelled, '1963 adapted for U.S.A.'.

Dates: 1963

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

Lecture on the hypothalamus, February 1937

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.32

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Lecture by Norman Dott on the hypothalamus. The talk was delivered to Glasgow University Medico-Chirurgical Society, dated February 1937. It was originally billed as 'Concerning Surgical Neurology', hence Dott's opening sentence 'To change the mind is the prerogative of the female'.

Dates: February 1937

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

Lecture on the life and work of Egas Moniz, April 1967

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.243

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Lecture by Norman Dott on the life and work of Egas Moniz. The paper was given as the Memorial Lecture at III European Congress of Neurology, Lisbon, dated April 1967, see reference Harris 87 in Coll-32/A.3. The material consists of a typescript of the lecture as delivered, with a note of corrections to be made; and a programme of the congress.

Dates: April 1967

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

Lecture, 'The surgery of the optic nerves', given in Dublin, April 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.217

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The surgery of the optic nerves', given in Dublin, dated April 1964. The material consists of text of lecture, with note 'Extract for Dublin 35 slides', typescript with manuscript additions.

Dates: April 1964

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'The surgery of the optic nerves'

Lectures with manuscript note on verso 'Paper on Pituitary and Thyroid Experiments...', c 1922

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Identifier: Coll-32/G.3

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Lectures with manuscript note on verso 'Paper on Pituitary and Thyroid Experiments especially Bone Growth given to Children's Med. Assoc. [Medical Association], and to Biol. [Biology] Club', undated but probably 1922 during progress of Norman Dott and John Fraser's, Medical Research Council research.

Dates: c 1922

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

'Lesions associated with prolonged disturbance of consciousness', c 1953

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.294

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Lesions associated with prolonged disturbance of consciousness'. The material is undated however it was kept with Coll-32/D.293 from c 1960-1965. It is perhaps from 1953, see correspondence with Jefferson in Coll-32/E.14 and Coll-32/F.72.

Dates: c 1953

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

Letter from Antony Jefferson to Norman Dott and a copy of a speech by Sir Harry Platt, 1970-1971

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.103

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Letter from Antony Jefferson to Norman Dott and a copy of a speech by Sir Harry Platt, dated 1970-1971. The speech was given at the opening of the Jefferson Memorial Library at Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Dates: 1970-1971

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Speeches and correspondence relating to Sir Geoffrey Jefferson

Letter of election to Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1955

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.15

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Letter of election to Norman Dott to Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1955.

Dates: 1955

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh

Letters of congratulation on Dott's conferment of Freedom of the City, 1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/A.20

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Letters of congratulation on Dott's conferment of Freedom of the City (not indexed), 1962. All these letters are accompanied by a reply from Dott, sometimes including material of biographical interest.

Dates: 1962

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Biographical and personal / Items relating to Dott's conferment of Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

Letters of thanks to Norman Dott from colleagues, 1968

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.71

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Letters of thanks to Norman Dott from colleagues, 1968. The correspondence relates to the papers Dott gave and his participation in the Congress of Neurological Surgeons 18th Annual Meeting, Toronto.

Dates: 1968

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Conferences, visits, lecture tours / Congress of Neurological Surgeons 18th Annual Meeting, Toronto

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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