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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Scottish Society for Experimental Medicine, 1946, 1961-1968

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.37

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Material relating to the Scottish Society for Experimental Medicine, 1946, 1961-1968. The material consists of correspondence with Norman Dott regarding proposals for membership, including synopses of papers submitted by candidates recommended by Dott; agenda; and programmes.

Dates: 1946, 1961-1968

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

Scottish Society of the History of Medicine, 1948-1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.38

Scope and Contents Material relating to the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine, 1948-1973. Norman Dott was a member from the foundation of the Society in 1948, a member of Council from 1961, elected President in 1966 and re-elected in 1968. The material consists of agenda and programmes for meetings; notes by Dott on papers presented by others, and notes for his own contribution to the meetings (introductions of speakers, votes of thanks, chairman's remarks); correspondence with Dott regarding...

Dates: 1948-1973

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

'Scottish Spina Bifida Association', 1967-1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.40

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'Scottish Spina Bifida Association' (S.S.B.A.), 1967-1973. The material consists of papers, memoranda of discussions, etc. regarding various research projects into the causes and treatment of spina bifida and regarding possible collaborations between voluntary organisations dealing with the disabled. It includes a typescript of Dott's address to the Annual General Meeting of the S.S.B.A., 19 March 1967.

Dates: 1967-1973

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

Scottish Surgical Paediatric Club, 1955 and undated

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.41

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Material relating to the Scottish Surgical Paediatric Club, 1955. Norman Dott was a member from 1955 and an Honorary Member from 1965. The material consists of notification of meetings, visits and programmes; correspondence with Dott regarding general affairs of the Club; and a draft of Dott's address to Club at Edinburgh meeting, undated.

Dates: 1955 and undated

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

Second meeting of Brain Injuries Committee (B.I.C.), 28 March 1940

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.19

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Second meeting of Brain Injuries Committee (B.I.C.), dated 28 March 1940. The material includes includes B.I.C. papers 12, 13, 14 and 15, with Norman Dott's annotations.

Dates: 28 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.)

'Secondary midbrain lesions associated with increased supra-tentorial pressure', May 1952

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.80

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Secondary midbrain lesions associated with increased supra-tentorial pressure'. The material consists of the talk given at a 'Surgery Meeting', dated May 1952, with a list of cases.

Dates: May 1952

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

'Selective profound cerebral hypothermia as an adjunct to brain surgery - cerebral arterio-venous malformations', c 1961-1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.153

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Selective profound cerebral hypothermia as an adjunct to brain surgery - cerebral arterio-venous malformations'. The material consists of a manuscript of the lecture, with a list of slides and note to F.J. Gillingham regarding Coll-32/D.152. The material is undated but is probably c 1961-62, since Coll-32/D.152 is dated May 1961.

Dates: c 1961-1962

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 2 lectures on hypothermia

Separate copy of introduction and list of slides for 'The surgery of the optic nerves', April 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.218

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Separate copy of introduction and list of slides for Norman Dott's lecture, 'The surgery of the optic nerves' which he gave in Dublin, April 1964.

Dates: April 1964

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

Seventh meeting of Brain Injuries Committee (B.I.C.), 19 September 1940

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Identifier: Coll-32-B.24

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Sixth meeting of Brain Injuries Committee (B.I.C.), dated 19 September 1940. The material includes B.I.C. papers 32 and I.B.I.C. 3, with Dott's annotations and manuscript note by Dott on 'E. M. S.' (Emergency Medical Service).

Dates: 19 September 1940

Short notes on the literature, references and bibliography, 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/D/180

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Short notes by Norman Dott on the literature, references and bibliography used for the lecture 'Therapeutic Pituitary Deprivation' which was delivered in Febrary 1963.

Dates: 1963

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

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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