Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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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.

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List of lectures to be given, February 1963-April 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.31

Scope and Contents

List of lectures by Norman Dott to be given on tour of U.S.A., February 1963-April 1963. The material includes places and dates, accompanying slides, timetable, addresses of hotels and colleagues, etc. Coll-32/E.32-40 follow the order of Dott's itinerary.

Dates: February 1963-April 1963

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Conferences, visits, lecture tours / Lecture tour in U.S.A.

List of 'Pituitary Slides', c 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.121

Scope and Contents

The material consists of a list of 'Pituitary Slides' kept in the same folder as Coll-32/D.120 by Norman Dott.

Dates: c 1964

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

Lists of slides to accompany lectures, 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.195

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Lists of slides to accompany 3 lectures by Norman Dott on head injuries, see Coll-32/D.194.

Dates: 1963

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

'Local cooling as an adjunct to cerebral operations', May 1961

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.152

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Local cooling as an adjunct to cerebral operations'. The paper was presented in coliaboration with Doctor K. Kristiansen at meeting of Society of British Neurological Surgeons, Copenhagen, dated May 1961. The material consists of a summary and 2 versions of paper, with different manuscript corrections.

Dates: May 1961

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 2 lectures on hypothermia

'Localised non-suppurative brain lesions associated with cerebral Thrombo-phlebitis', c 1940-1941

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.37

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'Localised non-suppurative brain lesions associated with cerebral Thrombo-phlebitis', manuscript by Norman Dott. The material is possibly a draft for Coll-32/D.36 or a lecture/paper on same subject and the date is approximately the same as Coll-32/D.35-D.36 c 1940-1941.

Dates: c 1940-1941

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Papers on 'Localised non-suppurative encephalitis'

Main Committee, January 1971-October 1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.2

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Material relating to the Main Committee of the Edinburgh Committee for the Co-ordination of Services for the Disabled (ECCSD). The material consists of committee papers, January 1971-October 1973, some annotated by Norman Dott.

Dates: January 1971-October 1973

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Edinburgh Committee for the Co-ordination of Services for the Disabled (ECCSD)

Manuscript article, 'Colostomy - Technique and organisation', September 1971

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.278

Scope and Contents

Manuscript article by Norman Dott, 'Colostomy - Technique and organisation'. The article was submitted for publication in the British Medical Journal, September 1971.

Dates: September 1971

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Papers and correspondence on Colostomy and Stoma Clinic

Manuscript draft of Duncan I.C. Finlayson's Syme Fellowship thesis, March 1933

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Identifier: Coll-32/G.6

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Manuscript draft of Duncan I.C. Finlayson's Syme Fellowship thesis on epidermoid tumours with manuscript corrections by Norman Dott, March 1933.

Dates: March 1933

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Working papers, notes and drawings / Work on the Pituitary / Work on epidermoid pituitary tumours, partly in collaboration with Duncan I.C. Finlayson

Manuscript drafts of paper, 'Medical, Psychic and Surgical Neurology', c 1968-1970

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.267

Scope and Contents

Manuscript drafts of paper by Norman Dott, 'Medical, Psychic and Surgical Neurology', c 1968-1970.

Dates: c 1968-1970

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'Medical, Psychic and Surgical Neurology'

Manuscript drafts of sections or chapters entitled 'Symptomatology' and 'Treatment' and 9 pencil drawings of patients, c 1933

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Identifier: Coll-32/G.5

Scope and Contents

Manuscript pencil drafts by Norman Dott of sections or chapters entitled 'Symptomatology' and 'Treatment' and 9 pencil drawings of patients, c 1933. All of the drawings are named and described by Dott.

Dates: c 1933

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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