Eduardo Francisco Acosta Bendek, Colombian obstetrician (Sitio Nuevo, Magdalena Department 24 July 1919 – Barranquilla 27 December 2017)
Discovered Culex fatigans as a vector of Wuchereiria bancrofti
Reported fetus crying in uterus in Obst. Ginec. Latinoamericana 14:255, 1956
Proposed the use of intrauterine oxygen as a contrast medium for placental location (1958)
Demonstrated that fetus swallows intrauterinally
Discovered and recorded the breath motionsin uterus
Developed a suture with separating points of uterine segment for cesarean section
Developed a technique and a teaspoon for molar pregnancy
Nuevo instrumento: cucharilla molar. Rev. Col. Obst. Gin. 19:447, 1968