Jean Marie Charles Abadie Explained

Jean Marie Charles Abadie
Occupation:	French ophthalmologist
Birth Date:	25 March 1842

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.^[1] In 1881 he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.^[2]

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.^[1]

Published works

French: Spasmes des muscles de l'oeuil - Spasms of the eye muscles.
French: Traité des maladies des yeux; Paris, 1876/1877 - On maladies of the eyes.
French: Leçons de clinique ophthalmologique; Paris, 1881 - Lessons on clinical ophthalmology.
French: Nouveau traitement de l'ophthalmie sympathique; Paris, 1890 - New treatment for sympathetic ophthalmia.

Also, he contributed numerous articles to the journals "French: Annales d’oculistique" and "French: Archives d’ophthalmologie".^[3]

Notes and References

http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/34.html Who Named It
http://data.bnf.fr/13004053/charles_abadie/ Charles Abadie (1842-1932)
http://www.whonamedit.com/person_bibliography/34/ Jean Marie Charles Abadie - bibliography