CME INDIA Presentation by ⚜ Dr. M. Gowri Sankar, MD, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Government Medical College and ESI Hospital, Coimbatore.
Today’s History Feature:
🇮🇳 Dr. B. D. Chaurasia 🇮🇳
(1937 – 1985)
💠Indian Anatomist & Great Academician
His Contributions…
🔹Chaurasia was born on 1937. He studied medicine and completed his M.B.B.S. in 1960, then did his M.S.(Anatomy) from M.G.M. Medical College, Indore in 1965 and obtained his Ph.D in 1975 from Jiwaji University, Gwalior.
🔹After his studies, Dr. Chaurasia begun his career as a Lecturer in Anatomy at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal and became a Reader in Anatomy at G.R. Medical College, Gwalior in 1968. He served there until his last days.
🔹Moreover, he was elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in the recognition of his significant contribution in the field of anatomy and for the advancement of medical sciences.
🔹In fact, Dr. Chaurasia was recognized as one of the most promising anatomist of India and also a combination of an excellent teacher and a distinguished research worker, which has proved by his publications of more than 60 research articles during his lifetime.
🔹Apart from that, he had shown interest in writing books, which are unique in presenting systemic and comprehensive texts of applied anatomy in a simple language and illustrating with easily reproducible line diagrams.
🔹Especially, his book “BD Chaurasia’s Human Anatomy” remains an ideal and the most preferred textbook in India and abroad. As well as, it has been widely acclaimed as a standard text in view of its simple language, comprehensive coverage and attractive presentation.
🔹His field of interest was actually not limited to anatomy, he also worked extensively in the field of human genetics, anthropology and cytology.
🔹However, his untimely death unfortunately cut short a promising scientific career. Dr B. D. Chaurasia was posthumously honoured by “Dr. Kailash Nath Kathju award” for science from Madhya Pradesh state government.
A Day to Commemorate…
The Godfather of Anatomy in India
🇮🇳 Dr. B. D. Chaurasia 🇮🇳🙏🏼
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I came to know Dr B D Chaurasia when his book of Anatomy got famous for students. It is so easy to understand that no one would like not to read. His demise is great loss for medical fraternity. God bless him.
How did he died
Dr B. D. Chaurasia expired of myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction
Great Leagend of human Anatomy
Great leader
Selute to the god father of indian human anatomy
I am Dr DDChaurasia nephew of late BD Chaurasia
I used to live with him during my medical education.
Dr B. D. Chaurasia was a excellent teacher. His class notes was very popular among students. For the sake of students he prepared notes of brain. These notes was written in cyclostyl paper by Dr BDChaurasia
Since his hand writing was very good so everyone can read it well.
The Brain was title of the book. Diagram were also included among the text. These notes were sold by national bookstore of Gwalior.
It was a instance that Shri Satish Kumar Jain CBS publishers have gone Gwalior and he has seen these notes.
He has taken a copy and returned to Delhi. After consulting medical teachers he made mood to publish it. Then he contacted Dr B. D. Chaurasia for permission for publication.
The Brain was first book published in 1979.After publication book received extraordinary success.
Again publisher came to get more books. Dr B. D. Chaurasia written human anatomy part one.two and three. General anatomy and ost eology .
Greetings to you Sir…
I have read your book on pediatrics in hindi (circulated in our hostel – GMC)…
How is it doing…?
Jai ho
Dr B D Chaurasia was a great Medical teacher. He he’d done a great job of writing Anatomy in very simple way, easy to understand by students.
I am one of the fortunate peoples who.was closely associated with BDC 1968 to 1985.We were neighbours and spent lot of time together.He was a very good human being,research oriented academician of highest order.He followed Ramkrishna Paramahans and Swami Vivekanand .
Thank you Dr Mittal
My book Handbook of Pediatrics in hindi has been awarded by govt. Of india after an all india competition in year 1994.
My book Paediatrics for students and practitioners
is published second edition is now in market doing well
It is in English as per syllabus of m.b.b.s.
Hi, Didnt get posts for October 3 and 4. Please check and post as early as possible Ma’am
Thanks for your great work
Salute sir🙏💐You were a very great person and you are a god of Human Anatomy. Thank you very much.☺️
And I would like to be a very good doctor like you😌, need your blessings a lot, I am a NEET aspirant now.
Central medical teachers association m.p.
started celebrating 1 october birthday of Dr B. D. Chaurasia as medical teachers day .
On first October 2021 it has been celebrated
2022 is the 85th Birth year of Great Medical fellow of Bharatvarsh. Must celebrate by all Medical fraternities to serve patients free of cost all around the year in his memory with their family members.