Auguste Cuénod Explained

Auguste Cuénod (15 June 1868, in Saint-Legier-sur-Vevey  - 8 February 1954, in Hammamet) was a Swiss ophthalmologist, known for his work in the fight against trachoma.

He studied medicine in Lausanne and Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1894.^{[1] [2]} Afterwards, he relocated to Tunis, where he subsequently established an eye clinic. In Tunis, he worked closely with Charles Nicolle at the Pasteur Institute.^[3]

In 1923, with Nicolle and Victor Morax, he founded the Ligue internationale contre le trachome (International League against Trachoma).^[3] He was also a founding member and president of the Société tunisienne des sciences médicales (Tunisian Society of Medical Sciences).^[2]

Published works

In 1900, with Albert Terson, he published Atlas-manuel d'ophtalmoscopie ("Atlas and manual of ophthalmoscopy"), a French edition of Otto Haab's Atlas und Grundriss der Ophthalmoskopie und ophthalmoskopischen Diagnostik. His other works in ophthalmology include:

• Bactériologie et parasitologie cliniques des paupières, 1894  - Clinical bacteriology and parasitology of the eyelids.
• Le trachome; historique, clinique, recherches expérimentales et étiologie, thérapeutique, prophylaxie (with Roger Nataf, 1930)  - Trachoma, historical, clinical, experimental research and etiology, treatment, prophylaxis.
• Biomicroscopie de la conjonctive (with Roger Nataf, 1934)  - Biomicroscopy of the conjunctiva.

In the field of botany he published a book on Tunisian flora, titled Flore analytique et synoptique de la Tunisie (1954).^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14786047 Bactériologie et parasitologie cliniques des paupières
2. http://data.bnf.fr/13406437/auguste_cuenod/ Auguste Cuénod (1868-1954)
3. http://www.idref.fr/069352895 Cuénod, Auguste Jean (1868-1954)
4. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-44447077/ Most widely held works by Auguste Cuénod