obstetrician-gynecologist, public figure, Doctor of Medicine, state councilor, director of the Grodno midwifery school.
Grodno obstetric and paramedic school, organizer of health care, and secondary medical education in the Grodno province.
He came from a noble family.
He came from a noble family.
Born on February 13 (25), 1847. In 1867 he graduated from the Kharkov Gymnasium. He received his higher education at the Medical Faculty of Kharkiv University, graduating with honors in 1873. He was left for three years at the university to prepare for a professorship; in February of the following year he was appointed a resident of the university obstetric clinic.
In 1877, he was transferred to Grodno to the post of director of the Midwifery School opened there in October 1876 (instead of D. A. Sibilev, who was transferred to Astrakhan to the post of provincial medical inspector). Under him, in 1878, the first graduation from school of 13 "well-trained midwives" took place, who had to work for three years in rural areas, after which they could engage in "free practice". He held the position of director until 1910. During this time, the number of female students increased from 16 in 1876 to 44 in 1910. Kemarsky proposed to transform the midwifery school into a midwifery and even prepared a draft charter and curriculum in 1885; but the project was not implemented. In 1901, when the 25th anniversary of the school was celebrated, Kemarsky indicated that 281 midwives had been trained during this time. In 1910, the Midwifery School was transformed into an obstetric-paramedic school, which Kemarsky headed until its closure in 1919.
From 1915 to 1919, he lived and worked in Kaluga, where the school was evacuated, and then returned to his homeland, was an active member of the Society of Doctors of the Grodno province and the Grodno Orthodox Sofia Brotherhood.
He died in 1922. He was buried in Grodno. Two scholarships have been established in honor of the ascetic doctor at the Grodno State Medical School.
In 1877, he was transferred to Grodno to the post of director of the Midwifery School opened there in October 1876 (instead of D. A. Sibilev, who was transferred to Astrakhan to the post of provincial medical inspector). Under him, in 1878, the first graduation from school of 13 "well-trained midwives" took place, who had to work for three years in rural areas, after which they could engage in "free practice". He held the position of director until 1910. During this time, the number of female students increased from 16 in 1876 to 44 in 1910. Kemarsky proposed to transform the midwifery school into a midwifery and even prepared a draft charter and curriculum in 1885; but the project was not implemented. In 1901, when the 25th anniversary of the school was celebrated, Kemarsky indicated that 281 midwives had been trained during this time. In 1910, the Midwifery School was transformed into an obstetric-paramedic school, which Kemarsky headed until its closure in 1919.
From 1915 to 1919, he lived and worked in Kaluga, where the school was evacuated, and then returned to his homeland, was an active member of the Society of Doctors of the Grodno province and the Grodno Orthodox Sofia Brotherhood.
He died in 1922. He was buried in Grodno. Two scholarships have been established in honor of the ascetic doctor at the Grodno State Medical School.
Konstantin
Semenovich Kemarsky
Semenovich Kemarsky
