Pierre-Félix Lagrange

Pierre-Félix Lagrange

Bust of Pierre-Félix Lagrange in Soumensac.
Born 22 January 1857
Soumensac, lot-et-Garonne, France
Died 22 April 1928 (1928-04-23) (aged 71)
Alma mater University of Bordeaux
Occupation Opthtalmologist
Relatives Pierre Cathala (son-in-law)

Pierre-Félix Lagrange (22 January 1857 – 22 April 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).[1]

Death

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

Selected writings

References

  1. IDREF.fr (bibliography)


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