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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Statement regarding Surgical Neurological work in Edinburgh by Norman Dott, May 1930

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Identifier: Coll-32/B.2

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Statement regarding Surgical Neurological work in Edinburgh by N.M. Dott, May 1930. The material gives a full account of Norman Dott's work, 1924-1930 and his future plans.

Dates: May 1930

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / University of Edinburgh / Correspondence, reports and papers regarding the development of neuro-surgery in Edinburgh

Stencilled synopses of lectures to be given by Norman Dott, undated

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.39

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Stencilled synopses of lectures to be given by Norman Dott, undated.

Dates: undated

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

'Stereoradiography in cranial and spinal fields', May 1969

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.251

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Lecture by Norman Dott and A. A. Donaldson, 'Stereoradiography in cranial and spinal fields'. The paper was given at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Society of Radiographers, dated May 1969. The material consists of a synopsis and text of the paper with manuscript corrections; and a manuscript list of slides and illustrations.

Dates: May 1969

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses / 'Stereoradiography in cranial and spinal fields'

'Subacute and chronic inflammatory hydrocephalus', October 1934

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.31

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Subacute and chronic inflammatory hydrocephalus'. The paper was delivered to the Scottish Ophthalmological Club, dated October 1934.

Dates: October 1934

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

'Subarachnoid "Pouch" formations and the cerebro-spinal fluid circulation', June 1952

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.60

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Subarachnoid "Pouch" formations and the cerebro-spinal fluid circulation'. Paper given at the Society of British Neurological Surgeons meeting at Zurich, dated June 1952. The material consists of a heavily corrected manuscript. See Coll-32/F.69.

Dates: June 1952

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

'Subarachnoid pouch formations and the C.S.F. [Cerebro-Spinal Fluid] circulation', 1953

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.61

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Subarachnoid pouch formations and the C.S.F. [Cerebro-Spinal Fluid] circulation'. The paper was given at Aterico Neurologica, Buenos Aires, dated 1953.

Dates: 1953

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

Summer meeting, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, June 1934

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.52

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Summer meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.), Edinburgh and Aberdeen, June 1934. The material consists of an agenda, programmes, and correspondence with Norman Dott.

Dates: June 1934

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.)

Summer meeting, London (29th Meeting), August 1942

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.57

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Summer meeting of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.) (29th Meeting), London, August 1942, . The material consists of programme of meeting; autograph and corrected typescript versions of Norman Dott's paper 'The importance of psychiatric and psychological assessment in the management and disposal of organic brain damage'; and related correspondence between Dott and Geoffrey Jefferson. This was the 29th meeting, and a system of numbering was used from now on.

Dates: August 1942

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.)

Summer meetings, Oxford, August 1939-July 1941

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Identifier: Coll-32/F.56

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Summer meetings of Society of British Neurological Surgeons (S.B.N.S.), Oxford, August 1939, September 1940 and July 1941. The material consists of programmes, with annotations by Norman Dott.

Dates: August 1939-July 1941

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.)

Surgery Lectures - Surgical Neurology, 1956

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Identifier: Coll-32/C.5

Scope and Contents Surgery Lectures - Surgical Neurology, dated 1956. The material conssits of manuscript notes of the course of lectures given by Norman Dott. The lectures were typed and duplicated, and subsequently updated as required (see also Coll-32/C.6-C.7). The lectures cover the following topics: Central Nervous System; Expanding Lesions; Head Injuries; Management of Head Injuries; Operative Surgery of Cranio-Cerebral Trauma; lntracranial Pyogenic Infections; lntracranial Aneurysmal Formations; Carotid...

Dates: 1956

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

Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon)

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