SEGALEN,VICTOR, EPONYMOUS PATRON OF THE U NIVERSITY-OF-BORDEAUX-II - A PATHOBIOGRAPHY

This is a pathobiography of Victor Segalen (1878-1919), Navy doctor wh o travelled extensively for many years in the Pacific Ocean, the Far E ast, and especially in China where he did archeological research, medi cal practice and teaching, etc. In his short life, he wrote many poems , novels, diaries and ethnological studies. Interested in psychopathol ogy, he suffered himself of a recurrent depressive illness, substance abuse (opiates and anxiolytic drugs) and possible chose to die by suic ide. His name has been given to the University of Bordeaux II, where h e received his medical training.