Yves Pouliquen

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Yves Jean-Marie Pouliquen (born February 17, 1931 in Mortain , Département Manche ; † February 5, 2020 ) was a French ophthalmologist , medical researcher and university lecturer , who was awarded the Prix ​​mondial Cino Del Duca in 1994 and from 2001 a member of the Académie française was.

Life

Yves Jean-Marie Pouliquen, son of Jean Francois-Marie Poliquen and his wife Renee Blanche Merio began after visiting the Lycée Émile Littré a study of medicine at the University of Paris . After his graduation, he was in 1956 doctor at a hospital and after his promotion to Doctor of Medicine 1963 Specialist in Ophthalmology . In 1966 he became Associate Professor (Professeur agrégé) and ophthalmologist at the hospital. In the following years he also worked as a medical researcher and in 1971 received the Prix ​​Paul Reiss for his work on the eye disease keratoconus and the Prix ​​Chauvin-Blache on the normal and pathological structure of the cornea . At the same time he was director of the research group for ophthalmology of the National Institute for Health and Medical Research INSERM ( Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale ) between 1979 and 1998 .

In 1980 Pouliquen became professor and chief physician for ophthalmology at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris , the oldest hospital in Paris, and held this position until 1996. For his further research on corneal structure, he was recorded with the Prix ​​Cas-troviejo in 1984 and was between 1985 and 1998 also President of the French Eye Bank (Banque française des yeux) . In 1986 he held the Doyne Memorial Lecture Professorship at the University of Oxford , named after Robert Walter Doyne . In 1992 he became a member of the Académie nationale de médecine . For his literary work he was awarded the medal of the Académie française in 1992, the Prix ​​mondial Cino Del Duca in 1994 and the 1996 Rotary International Literature Prize. After his retirement in 1996, he became an advisory professor and between 1997 and 2010 was also active as President of the Organization for the Prevention of Blindness ( OPC) (Organization pour la prévention de la cécité) . In 1998, he was president of in Paris held XIII. International Congress for Ophthalmic Research. In 1999 he had the Neeley Award Lecture Professorship at he University of California, Los Angeles held (UCLA) and was awarded for his scientific work also in 1999 also to Claude Bernard named Prix Claude Bernard of Paris. For his services in preventing blindness in Morocco , he was awarded the Hassan II Prize in 2000 .

Yves Pouliquen, the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor and the Ordre national du Mérite and commander of the Moroccan Order Ouissam Alaouite , was elected a member of the Académie française on November 29, 2001 , where he succeeded Louis Leprince-Ringuet in chair 35 (37e fauteuil ) took. On January 3, 2003, he gave the obligatory eulogy for his deceased predecessor, Louis Leprince-Ringuet. From 2006 he was also President of the charity Fondation Singer-Polignac .

His daughter Muriel Pouliquen emerged from his marriage to Jacqueline Louise Brevet on November 11, 1952.

Publications

Yves Pouliquen's work in research and literature was devoted to the pathology of the cornea and the identification of mechanisms for changing its transparency in hereditary scars and dystrophies , many aspects of which he described. In addition, his works dealt with personalities such as Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné , Jacques Daviel , Félix Vicq d'Azyr and Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis . His publications include:

  • La Transparence de la cornée , Elsevier Masson , 1967
  • Atlas d'histologie et d'ultrastructure de l'œil , Elsevier Masson, 1969
  • Les Homogreffes de la cornée , Elsevier Masson, 1973
  • Les Lentilles souples , Elsevier Masson, 1974
  • L'Herpès de la cornée, précis d'ophtalmologie , Elsevier Masson, 1983
  • La Cataracte , Editions Hermann, 1990
  • La Transparence de l'œil , Éditions Odile Jacob , 1992, new edition 2011
  • Les Yeux de l'autre , Editions Odile Jacob, 1995
  • Un oculiste au temps des lumières. Biography de Jacques Daviel , Editions Odile Jacob, 1999
  • Le Geste et l'esprit , Éditions Odile Jacob, 2003
  • Mme de Sévigné et la médecine du Grand siècle , Éditions Odile Jacob, 2006
  • Le Médecin et le Dictateur , Éditions Odile Jacob, 2008
  • 9Félix Vicq d'Azyr. Les lumières et la Révolution , Éditions Odile Jacob, 2009
  • Bezel ou laser? Choisir sa vision , Editions Odile Jacob, 2011
  • Cabanis. La vie d'un idéologue. De Mirabeau à Bonaparte , Éditions Odile Jacob, 2013
  • Que sais-je? Que suis-je? - Pas à pas et tous comptes faits , Éditions Odile Jacob, 2016
  • L'oeil dévoilé, l'oeil guéri , Éditions Odile Jacob 2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ L'académicien Yves Pouliquen est décédé à l'âge de 88 ans. Retrieved February 6, 2020 (French).
  2. ^ Discours de réception de M. Yves Pouliquen, et réponse de M. Michel Mohrt
personal data
SURNAME Pouliquen, Yves
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pouliquen, Yves Jean-Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ophthalmologist, non-fiction author and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Mortain , Manche department
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 2020