Jean Marie Charles Abadie

Jean Marie Charles Abadie (25 March 1842 – 29 June 1932) 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 made 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 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

 * Spasmes des muscles de l'oeuil – Spasms of the eye muscles.
 * Traité des maladies des yeux; Paris, 1876/1877 – On maladies of the eyes.
 * Leçons de clinique ophthalmologique; Paris, 1881 – Lessons on clinical ophthalmology.
 * Nouveau traitement de l'ophthalmie sympathique; Paris, 1890 – New treatment for sympathetic ophthalmia.

Also, he contributed numerous articles to the journals "Annales d’oculistique" and "Archives d’ophthalmologie".