Turkish Medical Researchers - Hulusi Beh Et (Paperback)

Chapters: Hulusi Beh et. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hulusi Beh et (Istanbul, 20 February 1889 - 8 March 1948) (pronounced ) was a Turkish dermatologist and scientist. He described a disease of inflamed blood vessels in 1937, which is named after him as the Beh et's disease. He had a difficult childhood, because he lost his mother very early and was raised by his grandmother. This gloomy state of mind had a detrimental influence on his whole life, leading him to become very introverted. He got his primary education in Damascus (then a part of the Ottoman Empire), due to his father's business affairs there. He learned French, German and Latin. His curiosity led him to become a physician. Beh et received his education at the G lhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul, as civilian medical education was not available in the Ottoman Empire at that time. After his graduation in 1910 he specialized in dermatology and venereal diseases for four years. During World War I (1914-1918), he served at the military hospital in Edirne as a specialist in dermatology and venereal diseases and was assigned to the head of the hospital as an assistant. After the war, between 1918-1919, he first went to Budapest, Hungary and then to Berlin, Germany to improve his medical knowledge. He had the opportunity to meet some well known colleagues there. After his return to Turkey, he went into private practice. In 1923, Beh et was appointed as the head physician at the Hask y Venereal Diseases Hospital at Golden Horn in Istanbul. Shortly after, he moved to Guraba Hospital, which is now part of the School of Medicine ?stanbul University. While he lectured at the university, he continued his private practice as well. In 1923, he married Refika Davaz, the daughter of a we...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=117520