Maurice H. Cottle

"Maurice H. Cottle" (1898-1982), an otolaryngologist, who would perhaps be the most influential nasal surgeon in the 20th century.

He was born in England in 1898, moving to France when he was twelve and then in his teens to the United States in Chicago, Illinois.

In Chicago, he did his medical studies at Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. His practice of private medicine took him to that city and was a professor in the department of Cabeza at Chicago General Hospital and director of the Illinois Masonic Hospital and Medical Center.

In 1944 at Illinois Masonic Hospital, Dr. Cottle gave his first classes of nasal surgery. His one-week courses attracted otolaryngologists from all over the United States and the rest of the world. In 1954 he organized and formed the American Rhinologic Society.

In addition he formed in 1965 another association the International Rhinologic Society in Kyoto, Japan.

Multiple surgical instruments are named after him and are authored by the maxilla-premaxila nasal approach, which is currently used for any septal surgery. He passed away in 1982.

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