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{{Infobox scientist
| title = Sir Kedarnath Das
| name = Sir Kedarnath Das
| image = Sir Kedarnath Das 1925.jpeg
| image_size = 200px
| birth_name = Kedarnath Das
| birth_date = {{birth date|1867|02|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|03|13|1867|02|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Calcutta]]
| nationality = [[British India]]n
| alma_mater = [[Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata|Calcutta Medical College]]
| fields = [[Obstetrics]]
}}

'''Sir Kedarnath Das''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]], [[Doctor of medicine|MD]] (1867–1936) was a prominent obstetrician and medical educator of [[India]] from [[Calcutta]].

== Education ==
Kedarnath Das was educated at [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta]]. He graduated in Medicine in 1892 from [[Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata|Calcutta Medical College]]. He earned his [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] in [[Gynaecology]] and [[Obstetrics]] from [[Madras University]] in 1895.<ref name="bmj-obituary-1936-March-28">{{cite journal | journal=[[British Medical Journal]] | pmc=2458369 | volume=1 | issue=3925 | pages=670–671 | title=Sir Kedarnath Das, M.D | doi=10.1136/bmj.1.3925.670| year=1936 }}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Kedarnath_Das.jpg|thumb|left]]
Kedarnath started his career as a registrar at Calcutta Medical College. Then he was appointed as a teacher in midwifery in [[Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital|Campbell Medical School]] in 1899. He joined [[R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital|Carmichael Medical College]] and became the head of department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in 1919.<ref name="bmj-obituary-1936-March-28"/> He remained as the Principal of Carmichael Medical College from 1922 till his death in 1936.<ref name="rgkar-history-page">[http://www.rgkarmedicalcollege.org/history.html Official website of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101131205/http://rgkarmedicalcollege.org/history.html |date=1 November 2013 }}, ''Principals of R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital''</ref> He served as dean of Faculty of Medicine at [[Calcutta University]] and was a member of the Bengal council of Medical Registration and the governing body of the State Medical Faculty of Bengal. He became a member of the [[British Medical Association]] in 1901, serving as vice-president of its [[Calcutta]] branch from 1928 to 1930 and as president from 1931 to 1934.<ref name="bmj-obituary-1936-March-28"/>

==Publications==
Journal articles published in the [[Indian Medical Gazette]] and international medical journals include material on [[brain tumour]]s, [[diabetes]], and [[tetanus]].<ref name="bmj-obituary-1936-March-28"/> Books include ''A Handbook of Obstetrics'' (1914) and ''A Textbook of Midwifery'' (1920).<ref name="bmj-obituary-1936-March-28"/>

His most important work is the 900-page ''Obstetric Forceps: Its History and Evolution'' (1928), which he researched by touring Europe and America and collecting obstetric forceps of various kinds.<ref name="bmj-obituary-1936-March-28"/>

==Long curved obstetric forceps==
[[File:Das's long curved delivery forceps Locked blades.jpg|thumb|Das's modification to the long curved obstetric forceps]]
Das designed a modified long curved [[obstetric forceps]] for use in the delivery of babies of Indian women, who typically have a smaller [[pelvis]] and babies with a lower [[birth weight]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dutta|first1=D C|last2=Konar|first2=Hiralal|title=Text Book of Obstetrics: Including Perinatology and Contraception|year=1998|publisher=New Central Book Agency|location=Calcutta|pages={{page needed|date=May 2014}}|edition=6th|isbn=81-7381-142-3}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
He was named an Honorary Fellow of the [[American Gynaecological Society]] and the [[American Associations of Obstetricians, Gynaecologists and Abdominal Surgeons]]. He was a foundation fellow of [[British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists]]. He received the [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1918 and was knighted in June 1933.<ref name="bmj-obituary-1936-March-28"/>

==See also==
* [[Instruments used in obstetrics and gynecology]]
* [[Forceps in childbirth]]

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* {{cite book |last1=Das |first1=Kedernath |title=Obstetric Forceps: Its History and Evolution |date=1929 |publisher=The Art Press |location=Calcutta |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500162/page/n5/mode/2up}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Das |first1=KN |title=The Bengal Forceps: A Modified Obstetric Forceps for Use in Bengali Women. |journal=The Indian Medical Gazette |date=January 1923 |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=22–23 |pmid=29007957|pmc=5178695 }}
* {{cite journal | pmc=2046666 | pmid=19973839 | volume=2 |issue = Obstet Gynaecol Sect| title=Foetal Chondrodystrophia as a Cause of Brow Presentation and Dystocia | year=1909 | journal=Proc. R. Soc. Med. | pages=307–10 | last1 = Das | first1 = K}}
* {{cite journal | pmc=2046249 | pmid=19973211 | volume=1 |issue = Obstet Gynaecol Sect| title=Gastroschisis: Nomenclature and Classification | year=1908 | journal=Proc. R. Soc. Med. | pages=323–5 | last1 = Das | first1 = K}}
* {{cite journal | pmc=2046229 | pmid=19973175 | volume=1 |issue = Obstet Gynaecol Sect| title=Three Cases of Caesarean Hysterectomy for Stenosis of the Vagina | year=1908 | journal=Proc. R. Soc. Med. | pages=188–93 | last1 = Das | first1 = K}}
* {{cite journal | pmc=2512860 | page=578 | volume=1 | issue=2201 | journal=British Medical Journal | title=Puerperal Eclampsia | doi=10.1136/bmj.1.2201.578-b|year = 1903|last1 = Das|first1 = K.}}

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