Pierre-Félix Lagrange

Who was Pierre-Félix Lagrange?

Pierre-Félix Lagrange was a French ophthalmologist who was a native of Soumensac, département lot-et-Garonne.

He studied medicine in Bordeaux, and was later a professor with Faculté de Médecine de Bordeaux.

Lagrange 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.