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.

Found in 641 Collections and/or Records:

Short speech of introduction, undated

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.295

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Short speech by Norman Dott of introduction to meeting or Open Day on Rehabilitation at the Astley Ainslie Hospital. The material has no title and is undated.

Dates: undated

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

Shorter notes by Norman Dott mainly relating to lectures given by others in the Postgraduate course, 1947

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.33

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Shorter manuscript notes by Norman Dott mainly relating to lectures given by others in the Postgraduate course. The material includes a letter and table regarding comparative types of cerebral tumours as found by Harvey Cushing and Dott, dated November 1947.

Dates: 1947

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

'S.N.O.D.' [Surgical neurology and other disciplines], December 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.226

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'S.N.O.D.' [Surgical neurology and other disciplines], dated December 1964. The paper was given as the Inaugural Lecture at the refresher course for General Practitioners at the Institute of Neurological Research. The material consists of Introduction, notes, and conclusion only.

Dates: December 1964

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

Sociedad Luse-Española de Neurocirugía [check physical records regarding Meeting at Oviedo, 1963], 1962-1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.119

Scope and Contents Sociedad Luse-Española de Neurocirugía. The Society was founded in 1947, and Norman Dott was made an Honorary Member the same year. The material consists of correspondence with Dott regarding meetings, especially the meeting at Porto 1962, including manuscript notes of the speech by Dott and letter regarding papers he was to give with F.J. Gillingham; Meeting at Oviedo, 1963 [check physical record to see what this consists of]; and printed matter regarding Society's meetings and...

Dates: 1962-1963

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

Società Italiana di Neurochirurgia, 1951, 1963

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.120

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Società Italiana di Neurochirurgia. The material consists of correspondence regarding Norman Dott being nominated to Honorary Membership of the Society at its first session in 1951; correspondece regarding a joint meeting with the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.), Rome, 1963, which Dott regretted being unable to attend; and printed material regarding the Society's meetings.

Dates: 1951, 1963

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

Société de neuro-chirurgie de langue française, 1949-1973

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.122

Scope and Contents Société de neuro-chirurgie de langue française. Norman Dott was an Honorary Member from the Society's foundation in 1949. The material consists of correspondence with Dott regarding his election as Honorary Member, and regarding various meetings of the Society, especially the 5th Congress, Algiers, 1954, at which Professor and Mrs Dott were guests of honour of the Society; regarding the 12th Congress, Lyons, 1963, at which Dott spoke (includes notes of speech); and duplicated and printed...

Dates: 1949-1973

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

Société de neurologie de Paris, 1946, 1955

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.123

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Société de neurologie de Paris. Norman Dott was elected Corresponding Member, 1946. The material consists of correspondence with Dott regarding his election; programme of the Society's meetings; and manuscript notes taken by Dott of papers read at 20th International Meeting in Paris, 1955.

Dates: 1946, 1955

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

Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.) 40th Anniversary dinner at Athenaeum, December 1966

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.98

Scope and Contents Material relating to the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.) 40th Anniversary dinner at Athenaeum, December 1966. The material consists of autograph and typescript versions of Norman Dott's response to the President's Toast, with letters of thanks from colleagues, signed menu, etc; and correspondence with Dott on affairs of the Society, and espcially regarding the proposal to form a Neurosurgical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, which Dott opposed in its original...

Dates: December 1966

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.)

'Some aspects of surgical conditions affecting the brain and spinal cord', September 1933

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.27

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'Some aspects of surgical conditions affecting the brain and spinal cord', The material conssits of mansucript notes of a lecture by Norman Dott delivered to Congress of The Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics, dated September 1933. Includes programme of congress.

Dates: September 1933

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

'Some Aspects of the Problem of Epilepsy', 1968-1969

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.94

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Some Aspects of the Problem of Epilepsy'. The material consists of the typescript of the address by Dott to the joint staff meeting of medical officers and health visitors, Edinburgh Health and Social Services Department, dated 9 April 1969 and correspondence, dated 1968-1969.

Dates: 1968-1969

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

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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