University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Text of further appeal for funds by Norman Dott, outlining, history and funding of brain surgery in Edinburgh. The document is undated but is probably from 1936. Letter from Sir Alexander Grant in reply to that, or similar appeal, agreeing to give £5,000 for 7 years for Dott's Department. The letter says, in part, 'As I explained to you, I am really not in a position to give the full amount all at once and, frankly, I would not have been willing to have parted with it for any other object,...