Auguste Cuénod
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Auguste Cuénod (15 June 1868, in Saint-Legier-sur-Vevey – 8 February 1954, in Hammamet) was a Swiss ophthalmologist, known for his work in the fight against trachoma.
He studied medicine in Lausanne and Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1894.[1][2] Afterwards, he relocated to Tunis, where he subsequently established an eye clinic. In Tunis, he worked closely with Charles Nicolle at the Pasteur Institute.[3]
In 1923, with Nicolle and Victor Morax, he founded the Ligue internationale contre le trachome (International League against Trachoma).[3] He was also a founding member and president of the Société tunisienne des sciences médicales (Tunisian Society of Medical Sciences).[2]
