| Dott was born and educated in Edinburgh/Scotland, studied with Cornelius Ariens Käppers (1877-1946) the great comparative anatomist. Eventually he wrote a biography on Käppers. He also contributed much to the knowledge of cerebrospinal circulation and on the management of facial pain. He was a great neurosurgeon, the first to demonstrate an aneurysm in the circle of Willis and treat it successfully. He is considered as one of the great neurosurgeons of the time. |  |