Scope and Contents These case notes are housed in 38 boxes. Serving soldiers, sailors and airmen were treated at Bangour during the war, along with civilian patients and personnel from the auxiliary services, such as the Auxiliary Territorial Services (A.T.S) and Women's Auxiliary Air Force (W.A.A.F). Polish servicemen and German prisoners of war are also represented in these records as the war draws to its close. Whilst many accidents incurred by servicemen at the start of the war occurred in nearby camps,...

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Lecture 'Examples of two common surgical cerebellar affections of childhood', by Norman Dott with manuscript note 'shown to Pediatric [Paediatric] club', dated 28 November 1930.

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Lecture 'Experiences in the surgical treatment of intracranial diseases' delivered by Norman Dott to the Halifax B.M.A. [British Medical Association] Division, dated October 1930.

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This sub-series contains 5 lectures given by Norman Dott on the surgery of intracranial tumours, dated May 1928-October 1930

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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'Observations on Electro-Surgery'. The material is undated.

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Pencil drawings by Norman Dott, to illustrate operative techniques

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Series of three illustrations demonstrating a procedure to remove tissue from the spine. Accompanied by three photographs of an occurence of the procedure: one of the back of the patient and two of the tissue removed.

Scope and Contents Series of five illustrations demonstrating a procedure on the brain depicting the steps involved in accessing and ligating an intracranial aneurysm in the anterior circle of Willis. 1) outline of the planned frontotemporal craniotomy is depicted, 2) pia matter pulled back to reveal the surface of the brain, surgical retractors inserted, 3) pressure applied on the retractors to reveal the anterior circle of Willis, 4) ligation of the blood vessel supplying the aneurism (outline of aneurism...

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'Recent experiences of lntracranial Surgery'. Lecture delvered by Norman Dott at the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society meeting, dated May 1928. The material consists of a heavily corrected manuscript with case notes and examples, used as a basis for other lectures on the subject.

Scope and Contents Comprising 77 boxes of loose case notes, these records cover the early surgical career of Norman Dott, starting in the mid-1920s. At this time (1924-1931), Dott was in private practice and was given operating space by local nursing homes. From 1931, Dott worked from the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE), in which he was granted four post-operative beds across Wards 13 and 14 by the Chair of Systematic Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, Sir David Wilkie. After the Department of Surgical...