[The anatomists in Algiers during the French colonial period (1830-1962)]

A remarkable anatomical school existed in Algiers during the French colonial period from 1830 to 1962. From 1832 to 1836, in the first military hospital of Algiers, Lucien Jean Baptiste Baudens (1804-1857) already started lectures of anatomy. A School of Medicine was created in Algiers in 1857 and opened in 1859 ; it was transformed in a Faculty of Medicine in 1909. Five professors occupied the chair of anatomy from 1859 to 1962 : Dr Patin from 1859 to 1869, Paulin Trolard (1842-1910) from 1869 to 1910, Jean Amédée Weber (1877-1966) from 1908 to 1917, Emile Leblanc from 1918 to 1939, and René-Marcel de Ribet (1894-1967) from 1940 to 1962. A second chair devoted to medico-surgical anatomy and surgical technique was created in 1957 and occupied by René Bourgeon (1912-1996) from 1957 to 1962. Some of the major works of those anatomists are evoked.