Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

Person

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:

Philidelphia, 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.38

Scope and Contents

Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Philadelphia. The material consists of correspondence with Dott and notes.

Dates: 1963

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

Phoenix, Arizona, 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.33

Scope and Contents

Material relating to Norman Dott's visit to Phoenix, Arizona. The material consits of correspondence with Norman Dott regarding travel and honorarium, Dott' manuscript notes on the visit and colleagues.

Dates: 1963

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

Photograph and brief correspondence between Norman Dott and Hugh Cairns, 1933

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Identifier: Coll-32/G.9

Scope and Contents

Photograph and brief correspondence between Norman Dott and Hugh Cairns, 1933. The correspondence is regarding Fowler position bedsteads.

Dates: 1933

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

Photographs of Department of Surgical Neurology at Western General Hospital and official brochure, 1960

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.60

Scope and Contents

Photographs of Department of Surgical Neurology at Western General Hospital and official brochure, dated 1960. The material consists of various photographs of equipment, methods of treatment, rooms, wards, etc. taken at opening of new Department of Surgical Neurology, Western General Hospital; and copy of official brochure regarding the Department, which includes an account by Dott of the 'Development of Surgical Neurology in Edinburgh, 1925-1960'.

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)

'Pituitary Disorders', 1926

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.1

Scope and Contents

'Pituitary Disorders'. The material cosnsist of manuscript, photographs, and captions for diagrams for the article in British Medical Journal, 2, 1926, see Phillip Harris' 'list of publications' no. 20 in Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: 1926

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

Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad, 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.117

Scope and Contents

Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad. The material consists of correspondence with Norman Dott regarding offering him Honorary Membership in 1963.

Dates: 1963

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

'Post-traumatic carotid-cavernous arteriovenous fistula', 1939

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.206

Scope and Contents

Copy of paper by Norman Dott, 'Post-traumatic carotid-cavernous arteriovenous fistula', published in the Transansactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, 53, 1939 see reference Harris 45) in Coll-32/A.3.

Dates: 1939

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Lectures and papers on carotid-cavernous arteriovenous fistula

Postgraduate course in Internal Medicine, 1947

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.31

Scope and Contents

Postgraduate course in Internal Medicine, dated 1947. The material consists of miscellaneous outlines of the course by Norman Dott; lectures and demonstrations; timetables and synopses; and names of participants.

Dates: 1947

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

'Postgraduate lecture in course on Surgical Pathology, General Pathology', May 1932

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.25

Scope and Contents

'Postgraduate lecture in course on Surgical Pathology, General Pathology', dated 1932. The material consists of notes of a lecture by Norman Dott.

Dates: May 1932

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh Lectures / Postgraduate Lectures

Preliminary correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues regarding visit to Bangkok, 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.53

Scope and Contents

Preliminary correspondence between Norman Dott and colleagues regarding his visit to Bangkok, 1964. The material consists of Dott's manuscript 'rough notes on applicants' (for studying in the U.K.), see also Coll-32/E.55-E.58; and bundles of notes by Dott (some dated) on places and personnel visited.

Dates: 1964

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Conferences, visits, lecture tours / Visit to Thailand and other medical centres

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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