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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Mexican Academy of Surgery [check dates], c 1955-1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.114

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Material relating to the Mexican Academy of Surgery [check dates]. Norman Dott was elected an Honorary Academician in 1962. the material consists of correspondence with Dott regarding election and possible visits, etc.

Dates: c 1955-1973

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

Michaelmas meeting, London, November 1931

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.50

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Michaelmas meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.), London, November 1931. The material consists of an agenda, programme of the meeting, and correspondence between Geoffrey Jefferson and Norman Dott. N.B. no papers exist regarding the summer meeting in 1932.

Dates: November 1931

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.)

Michaelmas meeting, London, November 1928-December 1928

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.46

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Michaelmas meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.), London, November 1928-December 1928. The material consists of agenda, detailed programme of meeting, circular letter sent by Dott regarding and exchange of reprints, and enclosing a list of members of American Society of Neurological Surgeons; and letter regarding meeting of same. (N.B. no papers exist regarding the Summer Meeting in 1929.)

Dates: November 1928-December 1928

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.)

Michaelmas meeting, London Hospital, December 1927

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.44

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Michaelmas meeting, London Hospital, December 1927. The material consists of a programme of the meeting, and circular letters sent by Dott regarding the formation of a library by the Society.

Dates: December 1927

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.)

Michaelmas meeting, Manchester, October 1938-January 1939

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.55

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Michaelmas meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.), Manchester, November 1938. The material consists of agenda and programme; and correspondence between Norman Dott and Geoffrey Jefferson, October 1938-January 1939 relating to the meeting and professional matters arising, and also on the importance of organising neurosurgical teams in preparation for possible war.

Dates: October 1938-January 1939

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.)

Middle East Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Ankara, 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.60

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Material relating to the Middle East Neurosurgical Society Meeting, Ankara, September 1964. The material consists of invitation for Norman Dott to attend and present paper and ensuing correspondence. Dott was unable to attend and his paper was presented by Mr Kenneth Till.

Dates: 1964

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

Miscellaneous documents prepared or assembled by Dott regarding medical staffing, 1961-1962

sub-subseries

Identifier: Coll-32/B.45-B.48

Scope and Contents This sub-subseries contains miscellaneous documents prepared or assembled by Dott re medical staffing, with special reference to the Platt report on Medical Staffing Structure in the Hospital Service, HMSO 1961, and the 'Wright Committee' appointed to review medical staffing in Scottish hospitals (Chairman J.H. Wright, Secretary R.R.W. Stewart), dated 1961-1962. See also Coll-32/F.88 papers and correspondence on Medical Staffing Structure...

Dates: 1961-1962

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

Miscellaneous financial arrangements, appeals for travel grants and leave of absence, etc., 1961

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.26

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Norman Dott's miscellaneous financial arrangements, appeals for travel grants and leave of absence, etc, dated 1961. The material relates to Dott's Lecture tour of South and North America, August 1961-October 1961 and much of it gives details of projected research and hospital planning information expected to accrue from Dott's journeys.

Dates: 1961

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Conferences, visits, lecture tours / Lecture tour of South and North America

Miscellaneous introductions to later version of lecture, 'Neurological syndromes of cerebral displacement', 1962-1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.106

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Miscellaneous introductions to later version of lecture by Norman Dott, 'Neurological syndromes of cerebral displacement' given on various occasions. The material consists of introductions presented at Queen's'Square, London, dated 1959; Portugal, dated 1962; Pécs, Hungary, undated; and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, dated 1963, including correspondence with A. Earl Walker.

Dates: 1962-1963

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'Neurological syndromes of cerebral displacement'

Miscellaneous notes made by Norman Dott while preparing brief, and his comments, 1960

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.56

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Miscellaneous notes made by Norman Dott while preparing brief, and his comments, presumably dated 1960. The material consists of notes made by Dott while preparing brief for academic area of the Department of Neurosurgery and his comments on submission of requirements by colleagues.

Dates: 1960

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh / The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (and associated hospitals) / Academic Areas for new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Western General Hospital

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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