Text of appeal by Dott for further funds and letter from Sir Alexander Grant to Norman Dott, undated and June 1936

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, but the scheme you explained to me appeals to me so much I cannot help it, even if I have to go into debt'. June 1936. Dott's Deptartment was opened by Lady Grant in 1938 on 'Ward 20'. Originally the female Venereal Disease ward of the Infirmary, this had been vacated and established as the Department of Neurological Surgery by the generosity of Sir Alexander Grant, the purchase of equipment being assisted by the Rockefeller Foundation via the University of Edinburgh.