Making Contact With Contacts
June, 1978
Would you believe that Leonardo da Vinci was the father of the contact lens? In 1508, he worked with the principle upon which modern lenses are based; later, in the 17th Century, Descartes toyed with the idea of placing a lens directly on the cornea. Through the 1800s, various improvements were made on the concept and in 1887, a lens was produced that reasonably could be tolerated by the wearer. But for all practical purposes, it wasn't until the Thirties that contact lenses became more than a f...
