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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Paper given at B.M.A. [British Medical Association] Annual meeting, Section of Ophthalmology, Newcastle, July 1957

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.117

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Paper given by Norman Dott at B.M.A. [British Medical Association] Annual meeting, Section of Ophthalmology, Newcastle, dated July 1957.

Dates: July 1957

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

Paper headed, 'Extract not used in Dublin 53 slides'., 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.219

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Paper by Norman Dott headed, 'Extract not used in Dublin 53 slides'. The material refers to a lecture, 'The surgery of the optic nerves', presented by Norman Dott in April 1964.

Dates: 1964

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

Paper regarding the first meeting of the Brain Injuries Committee (B. I. C.), 7 March 1940

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.18

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Paper regarding the first meeting of the Brain Injuries Committee (B. I. C.), dated 7 March 1940. The material includes papers of B.I.C. meetings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 and 11 with Norman Dott's annotations.

Dates: 7 March 1940

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh / Papers and correspondence relating to the Second World War / Papers relating to the Brain Injuries Committee (B.I.C.)

Papers of Norman McOmish Dott

Fonds — Gen.2085 (28 boxes )

Identifier: Coll-32

Scope and Contents The papers fully document all of Dott’s principal activities. In addition, there are Dott's careful lecture notes which illustrate the development of the teaching of neurosurgery at Edinburgh, while the correspondence with Cushing, Jefferson and others traces the leading organisations and leading personalities in the field, especially in the second quarter of the century. There is also an extensive record of many aspects of public health in Scotland, relating chiefly to the care of the...

Dates: c 1922-1973

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers on management and treatment of head injuries by Geoffrey Jefferson, 9 September 1940

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.31

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Papers on management and treatment of head injuries by Geoffrey Jefferson, dated 9 September 1940. The material contains extensive annotations by Norman Dott, advocating Regional Consultants to supervise head injuries and co-ordinate views through monthly meetings with him.

Dates: 9 September 1940

'Paralysis of the lumbar plexus simulating paraplegia', 1949

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.54

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Paper by A.R. Taylor and Norman Dott, 'Paralysis of the lumbar plexus simulating paraplegia'. The material consists of corrected draft and correspondence between Dott and Taylor, dated 1949. The paper is related to reference Harris 57, Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: 1949

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

'Paraplegia and spinal paralysis. in Scotland: reflections and suggestions', 1970

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.286

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Paraplegia and spinal paralysis. in Scotland: reflections and suggestions', dated 1970. The material consists of a stencilled copy of Dott's address.

Dates: 1970

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

'Paraplegic Units', 1968

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.35

Scope and Contents 'Paraplegic Units', 1968. The material consists of papers and correspondence between Norman Dott and officers of the Scottish Paraplegic Association and of the Scottish Spina Bifida Association regardign the numbers of paraplegics and spina bifida children in Scotland and provisions for their care; a memorandum by Dott with amendments by F.J. Gillingham and an expanded version with the title 'Spinal Paralysis rehabilitation unit' circulated by Dott, March 1968; a copy of an article by G.W....

Dates: 1968

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Scottish Paraplegic (Spinal Injuries) Association

Pencil drawings by Norman Dott, to illustrate operative techniques, undated

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Identifier: Coll-32/G.14

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Pencil drawings by Norman Dott, to illustrate operative techniques

Dates: undated

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

Pencilled manuscript draft, 'The history of surgical neurology in the 20th century', 1971

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.288

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The history of surgical neurology in the 20th century'. This paper was given at Royal Society of Medicine Section History of Medicine, Meeting, March 1971. The material consists of a pencilled manuscript draft paper.

Dates: 1971

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'The history of surgical neurology in the 20th century'

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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