Even though the contact lens is barely 150 years old, the history of its development is almost forgotten. It began with the attempt to cover irregularities in the corneal contour using a hemispherical glass disc and to mask them with the help of tear fluid.
Series on the Roth Collection Contact lenses are not only a valuable visual aid, they were also used soon after their invention as a bandage and, following the successful synthesis of water-retaining plastics, as a drug carrier on the eye. Their ability to compensate for irregular corneal astigmatism was recognized as early as the first…
