Ott D. O., (1855-1929), obstetrician, gynaecologist

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OTT Dmitry Oskarovich (1855-1929, Leningrad), obstetrician, gynaecologist, Doctor of Medicine (1884), court medic (1895). Ott graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy in 1879. In 1893-1918 he was director of the Imperial Clinical Institute of Midwives (now the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, IOG), later was its lifelong honoured director. Ott is a founder of a scientific school. He initiated the construction of a new building for the institute at 3 Mendeleevskaya Line. In 1899-1905 Ott served as director of the Women’s Medical Institute and obtained equal rights for female doctors. A bronze monument to Ott was placed on the main staircase of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (1924, sculptor V.A. Beklemishev). Ott was buried in the Novodevichye Cemetery.

References: Бубличенко Л.И., Мандельштам А.Э. Д.О.Отт:(очерк жизни и деятельности):1855-1929. Л, 1960.

T. I. Grekova. Beklemishev Vladimir Alexandrovich
Ott Dmitry Oskarovich
Mendeleevskaya Line/Saint Petersburg, city, house 3
Бубличенко Л. И., Мандельштам А. Э. Д. О. Отт: (очерк жизни и деятельности): 1855-1929. Л., 1960 Army Medical Academy
Ott Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Novodevichye Cemetery
Novodevichye Cemetery