Pierre-Félix Lagrange

Bust of Pierre-Félix Lagrange in Soumensac.

Pierre-Félix Lagrange (January 22, 1857–April 22, 1928, age 71) was a French ophthalmologist who was a native of Soumensac, département lot-et-Garonne.

He studied medicine in Bordeaux, and was later a professor with Faculté de Médecine de Bordeaux.

Lagrange 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).^[1]

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