Scholar of medicine and dermatologist (B. 20 February 1889, Istanbul – D. 8 March 1948, Istanbul). He is the son of
Ahmet Behçet, Director of National Education. He became famous with the disease
known with his name. He started his education in 1895 in a French school in
During the 1st World War years
(1914-18) he was appointed senior consultant assistant and dermatologist in
The most important service of Hulusi Behçet which
introduced him to the world of science is his discovery of the disease known
with his name as “Behçet Disease”, “Behçet Syndrome”, “Trisystem Behçet” or
“Morbus Behçet”. The symptoms of this disease have been known since Hippocrates
but there was not any diagnose present. Hulusi Behçet as a result of his works
starting from 1924 recognized that the disease did not consist of numerous
diseases but only one disease. He published the conclusions of his works in
1936 abroad and attracted attention. The disease was called “Morbus Behçet”
upon the suggestion of the academic member of Zurich Medical Faculty Department
of Dermatology, Mischer, during the international medical congress summoned in
Starting from that day
numerous countries including primarily
Behçet disease is identified due to certain
symptoms which are rarely seen by children and old people. Symptoms and
findings of this disease which are called main criteria are following: It is
mainly a vein infection and therefore symptoms are visible on places where the
infection is present. It is not necessary that all symptoms appear in the same
time. Some symptoms can appear a few years later while they are absent in the
first years of the disease. Some symptoms and signs of Behçet disease can be
observed in the same time by diseases such as Lupus, Lyme and Crohn. It is
necessary to take these diseases into account before the diagnosis of Behçet
disease. There are also other symptoms and signs which are not accepted within
criteria of Behçet disease but which are useful for diagnose. Nowadays, in
accordance with the period of the disease there are various treatment methods.
Hulusi Behçet acquired unequivocal and definitive
knowledge about the treatment of this disease. Countries such as
Hulusi Behçet’s researches on fungus were awarded with
1935 Budapest International Dermatology Congress diploma and plaque. He
presented the etiology of acarodermatitis urticarioides with his studies,
introduced dermatitis figus carica to the world, and attracted the attention of
the world with his researches on oriental sore. He is honored with 1935
Budapest International Dermatology Congress Diploma and Plaque and after his
death “TÜBİTAK Science Award” thanks to his contribution to Turkish and world
medicine. After the introduction of Surname Law, Hulusi was given the Surname
“Behçet” by Atatürk.
Hulusi Behçet starting from 1934
started to publish a review titled Deri Hastalıkları ve Frengi
Kliniği Araştırmaları and meanwhile took place among the editors of
international medical reviews such as Dermatologische Wochenschrift and Medizinischer
Welt. In around two hundred articles he published in national and
international reviews he especially focused on diseases such as Behçet disease,
oriental sore, fungus diseases, dermatitis figus carica and acaro dermatitis urticarioides. Aside from
them, he made researches in almost all fields of dermatology. He has hundred
and ninety-six works large and small. He passed away after a heart disease in 1948.
MAIN WORKS:
Haleb veya Şark Çıbanlarının Diyatermi ile Tedâvisi (1922, 1925), Emrâz-ı Cildiy-ye ve Efrenciyyede Laboratuvarın Kıymet ve Ehemmiyeti (1923), Frengi Tedâvisi Hakkında Beynelmilel Anketlerim (İ1923), Was-sermann Hakkında Nokta-i Nazar ve Frengi Tedâvisinde Düşünceler (with N. Ramih, 1924), Frengi Karha-i İbtidâiyyesi ve Serîri, Hurda-bînî Teşhisi (1926), Memleketimizde Arpa Uyuzlarının Menşei Hakkında Etütler (M. Hodara ve Süreyya ile birlikte, 1927), İrsî Frengi Kliniği (1929), Frengi Dersleri (1936), Klinikte ve Pratikte Frengi Teşhisi ve Benzen Deri Hastalıkları (1940).