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:

Royal Medico-Psychological Association: Scottish Division meeting, May 1942

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.39

Scope and Contents

Royal Medico-Psychological Association: Scottish Division meeting at Bangour Emergency Hospital (Brain Injuries Unit), dated May 1942. The material consists of programme of visit; Dott's introductory remarks; list of service and civilian cases treated 1941-42; and a list of patients for demonstration.

Dates: May 1942

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

'Ruptured intracranial aneurysms, September 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.114

Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Ruptured intracranial aneurysms'. The material consists of text of lecture with 56 slides, dated September 1963.

Dates: September 1963

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

'Ruptured intracranial aneurysms', September 1963-1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.224

Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman DOtt, 'Ruptured intracranial aneurysms', dated September 1963. The material consists of text of paper with 55 slides, originally given in Edinburgh in September 1963, and then revised in 1964, with a manuscript introduction for delivery in Calcutta.

Dates: September 1963-1964

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

S.B.N.S. [ Society of British Neurological Surgeons] Planning Committee, 1945-1948

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.60

Scope and Contents Material relating to the S.B.N.S. [ Society of British Neurological Surgeons] Planning Committee, 1945-1948. The President was Sir Hugh Cairns and the Secretary, Geoffrey Jefferson. The Committee was set up in June 1945 to consider organisation, training, teaching and research in 'Neuro-surgery as a recognised specialism', and its relations with related disciplines (neurology, psychiatry). The material consists of preliminary correspondence to the setting-up of the Committee (February...

Dates: 1945-1948

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.)

Scandinavian Neurological Society, 1947, 1961

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.118

Scope and Contents

Scandinavian Neurological Society. The material consists of correspondence regarding offering Norman Dott Honorary Membership, 1947; correpsondence regarding a Diploma printed and sent and some professional matters, 1961; and printed and duplicated material regarding the Society's meetings, conferences, and lists of members, etc.":"

Dates: 1947, 1961

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

Schedule and correspondence with Norman Dott from visits to Johannesburg and Pretoria, September 1955-October 1955

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.19

Scope and Contents

Schedule and correspondence with Norman Dott from visits to Johannesburg and Pretoria, dated September 1955-Ocotober 1955. The material consists of a schedule of visits and lectures by Dott; correspondence with Dott regarding his visit from colleagues, former patients and new cases to be seen, case-notes and notes by Dott. DOtt's lectures were on Subarachnoid pouches, Facial pain, Pituitary Tumours. The material also includes a note on 'Method of bleaching skulls'.

Dates: September 1955-October 1955

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

Scottish Association of Neurological Sciences, 1955-1956, 1962-1963, 1969

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.22

Scope and Contents

Material relating to the Scottish Association of Neurological Sciences, 1955-1956, 1962-1963, 1969. Norman Dott chaired the official first meeting of the Association in June 1962. The material consists of programmes and correspondence with Dott regarding the meeting in 1956 of what was later to become the Association.

Dates: 1955-1956, 1962-1963, 1969

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

Scottish Electroencephalographic Society, 1955-1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.28

Scope and Contents

Material relating to the Scottish Electroencephalographic Society, 1955-1964. Dott was a member from the inception of the Society. The material consists of correspondence with Dott, a draft constitution and papers relating to the establishment of Society in 1956; and programmes of meetings, 1956-64.

Dates: 1955-1964

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

Scottish Ophthalmological Club, 1962-1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.29

Scope and Contents

Material relating to the Scottish Ophthalmological Club, 1962-1964. Norman Dott became a member of the Club in 1927; he resigned on his retirement in 1962 and was unanimously invited to become an Honorary Member. The material consists of programmes of meetings; and correspondence regarding Dott's election to honorary membership, 1962.

Dates: 1962-1964

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

Scottish Paraplegic (Spinal Injuries) Association, 1963-1973

sub-series

Identifier: Coll-32/F.30-F.36

Scope and Contents

This sub-series consists of 7 files containing material relating to the Scottish Paraplegic (Spinal Injuries) Association, 1963-1973. Norman Dott was elected Honorary President in 1963 and re-elected in 1965 and 1970. He was very active in this, as in other societies to help the disabled, see especially the Scottish Spina Bifida Association, Coll-32/F.39-F.40, and also Coll-32/F.112.

Dates: 1963-1973

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

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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