Pierre-Félix Lagrange

Pierre-Félix Lagrange
File:Buste du professeur Lagrange Soumensac 013.jpg Bust of Pierre-Félix Lagrange in Soumensac.
Born	January 22, 1857 Soumensac, lot-et-Garonne, France
Died	April 22, 1928
Alma mater	University of Bordeaux
Occupation	Opthtalmologist
Relatives	Pierre Cathala (son-in-law)

Pierre-Félix Lagrange (January 22, 1857–April 22, 1928) was a French ophthalmologist.

Early life

Pierre-Félix Lagrange was born on January 22, 1857 in Soumensac, département lot-et-Garonne, France. He studied medicine at the University of Bordeaux in Bordeaux.

Career

Lagrange was a professor with Faculté de Médecine de Bordeaux. He was a specialist in the study and treatment of ophthalmic disorders, including eye tumors, strabismus, refraction anomalies and glaucoma. He is remembered for introducing a surgical technique that was a combination of an iridectomy and sclerectomy for treatment of glaucoma. This surgery was later referred to as a "sclerectoiridectomy" or "Lagrange's operation".

With Emile Valude (1857-1930), Lagrange was co-publisher of the Encyclopédie française d'ophtalmologie (1903-1910).

Death

He died on April 22, 1928. He was seventy-one years old.

Selected writings

• Etudes sur les tumeurs de l'oeil, de l'orbite et des annexes. Paris, G. Steinheil, 1893.
• Rapport sur le diagnostic et le traitement des tumeurs de l'orbite. Paris, 1903.
• Atlas d'ophtalmoscopie de guerre. 1918

References

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the French Wikipedia.
• Pierre-Félix Lagrange @ Who Named It