Jean Marie Charles Abadie
Jean Marie Charles Abadie
Born	25 March 1842
Died	29 June 1932 (1932-06-30) (aged 90)
Occupation	French ophthalmologist

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.^[1] In 1881 he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.^[2]

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.^[1]

• 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".^[3]

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