Pierre-Félix Lagrange


Pierre-Félix Lagrange 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 the faculty of medicine at 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, Lagrange was co-publisher of the Encyclopédie française d'ophtalmologie.

Death

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

Selected writings