Life story of Dr. Hulusi Behcet.
10.3349/ymj.1997.38.6.327
- Author:
Turkan SAYLAN
1
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Capa/Istanbul, Turkey.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Biography ; Historical Article ; Portraits
- MeSH:
Behcet's Syndrome/history*;
Eponyms;
History of Medicine, 20th Cent.;
Human;
Numismatics;
Philately;
Portraits;
Turkey
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1997;38(6):327-332
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Dr. Hulusi Behcet was born on February 20, 1889 in Istanbul. He graduated from Gulhane Military Medical Academy in 1910 and then he specialized in Dermatology and Venereal Diseases. He served in the Edirne Military Hospital between 1914-1918 and then went to Budapest and Berlin to improve his knowledge. In 1923, he started at the Istanbul Medical Faculty as an academic staff and with university reform in 1933, he was appointed as a professor to Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases and continued his career there until his death in 1948. Three patients whom he had consulted for years and who shared similar symptoms made him suspect a new disease and a viral etiology which may play a role in the appearance of this disease. After several discussions and publications, medical literature had accepted Behcet's Disease as a special entity. Dr. Behcet published a total of 196 articles, 53 of which were published in prestigious international journals.
