Jean Marie Charles Abadie
Jean Marie Charles Abadie 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. In 1881 he was chosen as a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
Abadie was involved in developing treatments for glaucoma and trachoma, and discovered a diagnostic sign for exophthalmic goiter, which is known as "Abadie's sign". He also introduced the practice of injecting alcohol into the Gasserian ganglion as a treatment for trigeminal neuralgia.Published works
Also, he contributed numerous articles to the journals "Annales d’oculistique" and "Archives d’ophthalmologie".
