This series covers case notes from various stages in Dott's career that have been filed by the condition of the patient. The series includes patients from Dott's time operating in private nursing homes before 1931 and from his subsequent work at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) before and after the establishment on the National Health Service (1948).

These case notes are housed in 34 boxes. Original case folders housed both single and multiple cases, the arrangement of which has been unaltered in their preservation and rehousing. In their original filing, alphabetical identifiers classified patients by condition, after which numbers were allocated (for example, FNu37, F Br23 or PM5). Since these identifiers can also be seen written onto typed case summaries in LHB1 CC/20, it is possible that some of these cases are copies of documents filed in other series. Yellow stickers on folders indicate the presence of photographs. Other record forms include: correspondence; charts; handwritten notes; and reports. Whilst many cases are represented by typed and structured summaries, others may be confined to original handwritten notes or a few items of correspondence (when a medical opinion rather than a consultation was requested from Dott.)Yellow stickers on case note folders indicate the presence of photographs. A blue, yellow or red sticker indicates that an x-ray film has been removed for long-term preservation purposes. Please note that these cases may contain photographs taken at post-mortem examination.