Jean Marie Charles Abadie

Jean Marie Charles Abadie (25 March 1842 – 29 June 1932) was a French ophthalmologist who was a native of Saint-Gaudens.

He became a hospital intern in 1868 and a medical doctor in 1870. He practiced medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. In 1881 he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.

Abadie was involved in developing treatments for glaucoma and trachoma, and discovered a diagnostic sign for exophthalmic goiter known as "Abadie's sign". He also introduced the practice of injecting alcohol into the Gasserian ganglion as a treatment for trigeminal neuralgia.

Biography

He obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1870 and practiced at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris. He was particularly interested in the treatment of Trachoma and Glaucoma and was the first to perform alcoholization of Trigeminal ganglion as a treatment for Trigeminal neuralgia.

He was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1981.

Published works

• – Spasms of the eye muscles.
• ; Paris, 1876/1877 – On maladies of the eyes.
• ; Paris, 1881 – Lessons on clinical ophthalmology.
• ; Paris, 1890 – New treatment for sympathetic ophthalmia.

Also, he contributed numerous articles to the journals "" and "".

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