Auguste Cuénod


Auguste Cuénod 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. Afterwards, he relocated to Tunis, where he subsequently established an eye clinic. In Tunis, he worked closely with Charles Nicolle at the Pasteur Institute.
In 1923, with Nicolle and Victor Morax, he founded the Ligue internationale contre le trachome. He was also a founding member and president of the Société tunisienne des sciences médicales.

Published works

In 1900, with Albert Terson, he published Atlas-manuel d'ophtalmoscopie, a French edition of Otto Haab's Atlas und Grundriss der Ophthalmoskopie und ophthalmoskopischen Diagnostik. His other works in ophthalmology include:
In the field of botany he published a book on Tunisian flora, titled Flore analytique et synoptique de la Tunisie.