[Palmyr Uldéric Alexis Cordier (1871 - 1914)].

French colonial medicine is only a short part of French military medicine: three quarters of a century. The officers cadets often belonged to the plebeian elite of the Third Republic, and were educated at the Faculty of Medicine in Bordeaux. They left for oversea territories where they brought a humanistic message on behalf of their country. Some academic classes lost within two decades as many as one third of their numbers, often by illness. They practised medicine and took part in the expansion of pasteurian revolution while they got a lot connections with varied cultures in the parts of the world under the French flag. As a practitioner, a specialist in linguistics and a courageous soldier, Doctor Palmyr Ulderic Cordier is one of the most perfect examples of such men.