Correspondence with Norman Dott and papers regarding a 5-year grant from the MacRobert Trusts to the Epilepsy Society. The grant was to finance a research project into epilepsy, carried out at the Department of Surgical Neurology, University of Edinburgh, under the direction of Professor F. John Gillingham. The material includes a copy of proposal submitted by Dott to the Trusts on behalf of Gillingham and copies of annual reports to the Trusts, 1967-1968, 1968-1969 and 1969-1970.

Correspondence between Norman Dott, Alex R. Taylor and John B. Wilson, 1973. The correspondence with John B. Wilson relates to death from suffocation in epilepsy, and smother-proof pillows.

Cure for 'falling sickness' [epilepsy] in which a 'famh' [mole] is held 'up above your breath till it dies - held up by the hind leg til it dies'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Material relating to the Employment Sub-Committee, 1959-1969 and Welfare Sub-Committee, 1973 of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, Edinburgh and South East Scotland Branch. The material consists of committee papers and correspondence with Norman Dott.

Introduction to talk by Norman Dott on surgical treatment of epilepsy, dated June 1969. The material consists of just 1 page of manuscript.

Bound volume of pamphlets and articles by staff from the Royal Edinburgh Asylum.

Note which reads 'Striking the dearna to revive a person in a fit so also in C[ailleach] an Dudain.'

Note which states that sacrificing a black cat or a black cock is a cure for falling sickness [epilepsy]. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Note that juniper berries are 'successful for epilepsy'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Notes and speech by Norman Dott and press-cutting. The material relates to Dott speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Edinburgh and South-East Scotland Branch of the Scottish Epilepsy Association, dated December 1956.