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:

Public Relations Committee, 1963-1972

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.7

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Material relating to the Public Relations Committee of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch, 1963-1972. Norman Dott was very active in his efforts to publicise the work of the Epilepsy Society. The material consists of many of Dott's manuscript notes of ideas for publicity in addition to correspondence, committee papers, minutes and brochures.

Dates: 1963-1972

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Scottish Epilepsy Association, Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch

Public Relations Sub-Committee, January 1967-June 1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.4

Scope and Contents Material relating to the Public Relations Sub-Committee of the Edinburgh Committee for the Co-ordination of Services for the Disabled (ECCSD). Many of the papers relate to the organisation of the annual 'Disabled Week' sponsored by the ECCSD, and the follow-up surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of the publicity. The material consists of Committee papers, January 1967-June 1973, some annotated by Norman Dott; Professional Workers' Conference, 5 March 1970, debate 'Are the Voluntary...

Dates: January 1967-June 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)

'reading ms. [manuscript]' of paper, 'Medical, Psychic and Surgical Neurology', August 1969-December 1969

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.268

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'reading ms. [manuscript].' of paper by Norman Dott, 'Medical, Psychic and Surgical Neurology', dated August 1969-December 1969

Dates: August 1969-December 1969

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

'Reading version' of 'The history of surgical neurology in the 20th century', 1971

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.289

Scope and Contents

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 'Reading version' of the lecture with list and captions of slides.

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'

'Recent experiences in a neuro-psychiatric division of medicine', October 1945, 1961

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.43

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Recent experiences in a neuro-psychiatric division of medicine'. The paper was delived as The Morison Lecture, at the Royal College of Physicians, dated October 1945 but it was not published. The material consists of a manuscript of the lecture, 21 pp. with many additions and alterations; another copy 24 pp. with some revisions; and brief correspondence between Donal F. Early and Dott asking to borrow copy of the lecture, dated 1961.

Dates: October 1945, 1961

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

'Recent experiences of Intracranial Surgery', May 1928

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.6

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'Recent experiences of lntracranial Surgery'. Lecture delvered by Norman Dott at the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society meeting, dated May 1928. The material consists of a heavily corrected manuscript with case notes and examples, used as a basis for other lectures on the subject.

Dates: May 1928

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / Lectures on the surgery of intracranial tumours

Red Cross Society, Edinburgh Branch, 1962-1966

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.14

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Material relating to the Red Cross Society, Edinburgh Branch, 1962-1966. The material consists of 'The Red+ as a medical and pharmaceutical symbol before and after the Geneva Convention', manucript, partly in Norman Dott's hand, but most of the manuscript is in an unknown hand; typescript of speech at annual general meeting of the Edinburgh branch of British Red Cross, 19 November 1963; correspondence with Dott; and press clippings.

Dates: 1962-1966

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

'Reflections on the history of surgical neurology', October 1966

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.234

Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Reflections on the history of surgical neurology'. The paper was given at the Annual General Meeting of the Scottish Society for the History of Medicine, Ocotber 1966. The material consists of a typescript of the paper as delivered.

Dates: October 1966

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'Reflections on the history of surgical neurology'

Regional Development Sub-Committee, 1968-1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.8

Scope and Contents

Material relating to the Regional Development Sub-Committee of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch, 1968-1973. The material consists of committee papers; press-cuttings, a typescript draft of pamphlet, and circulars (prepared by Norman Dott).

Dates: 1968-1973

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Committees and Societies / Scottish Epilepsy Association, Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch

RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20, Filed by Disease, 1922-1976

Series

Identifier: LHB1 CC/22

Scope and Contents This series covers case notes from various stages in Dott's career that have been filed by the condition of the patient. The series includes patients from Dott's time operating in private nursing homes before 1931 and from his subsequent work at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) before and after the establishment on the National Health Service (1948). These case notes are housed in 34 boxes. Original case folders housed both single and multiple cases, the arrangement of...

Dates: 1922-1976

Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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