Prof. Aimé Mouchet (1886­1941) and the decline of Fr ench cultur al dominance in Turkish medical education

Year 2005, Volume: 6 Issue: 2 - Emre Dölen Armağanı Cilt:6 sayı:2, 35 - 70, 01.06.2005

Şeref Etker

Abstract

Anatomist and surgeon Aimé Mouchet arrived in Istanbul as a conscript 
officer of the French occupation forces at the end of the First World War. He
was subsequently appointed professor of pediatric surgery and orthopaedics at 
the Medical Faculty of the Istanbul University in 1922, and Professor of
Anatomy  in  1925. Professor Aimé Mouchet was  granted  the privilege of
instructing in French  –  the language which had dominated modern medical 
education in Turkey literally for a century

Professor Mouchet  was  instrumental in the introduction of the French 
curriculum into the Medical Faculty in the academic year 1924­1925, where a
basic sciences certificate was a prerequisite for subscription. Aimé Mouchet was 
also a founding member of the Turkish  Institute  of Anthropology, and the
French editor of its bi­lingual (Turkish and French) journal launched in 1925.

Dr. Aimé Mouchet remained in Istanbul until the beginning of the Second 
World War, where he also served as the Chief of the French “Pasteur” hospital 
in the city. Professor Mouchet assisted in the definition of Turkish equivalents 
for the current Ottoman and French terms in anatomy. Dr.Mouchet’s departure
marked the decline of French medical culture in Turkey.

Keywords

Mouchet, anatomy, anthropology, France, Istanbul University, medical education

Dr. Aımé Mouchet ve Tıbbiye’de Fransız Kültürel  Egemenliğinin sonu

Abstract

Anatomist and surgeon Aimé Mouchet arrived in Istanbul as a conscript  officer of the French occupation forces at the end of the First World War. He was subsequently appointed professor of pediatric surgery and orthopaedics at  the Medical Faculty of the Istanbul University in 1922, and Professor of Anatomy  in  1925. Professor Aimé Mouchet was  granted  the privilege of instructing in French  –  the language which had dominated modern medical  education in Turkey literally for a century

Professor Mouchet  was  instrumental in the introduction of the French  curriculum into the Medical Faculty in the academic year 1924­1925, where a basic sciences certificate was a prerequisite for subscription. Aimé Mouchet was  also a founding member of the Turkish  Institute  of Anthropology, and the French editor of its bi­lingual (Turkish and French) journal launched in 1925.

Dr. Aimé Mouchet remained in Istanbul until the beginning of the Second  World War, where he also served as the Chief of the French “Pasteur” hospital  in the city. Professor Mouchet assisted in the definition of Turkish equivalents  for the current Ottoman and French terms in anatomy. Dr.Mouchet’s departure marked the decline of French medical culture in Turkey.

Keywords

Aimé Mouchet, anatomi, antropoloji, Fransa, İstanbul Üniversitesi, tıp öğretimi

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