Who is credited with developing the concept of a bandage lens to be used for
therapeutic purposes? Right Ans - Xavier Galezowski
Leonardo da Vinci, in his book, Codex of the eye, Manual D, sketched out
several concepts for neutralizing the cornea with some type of fluid. His idea
was Right Ans - Not to create a contact lens for vision correction but to
identify the mechanism for accommodation
Who identified that the cornea is NOT responsible for accommodation
Right Ans - Thomas Young
_________________ drew sketches of a hydrodioscope, which described how a
glass tube filled with water or fluid could be placed against the eyeball to
neutralize the power of the cornea Right Ans - Thomas Young
Who is credited with proposing that a spherical capsule with a transparent
animal jelly could be applied to the surface of the eye to correct irregular
astigmatism? Right Ans - Sir John Herschel
Who is credited with developing then concept of a bandage lens to be used for
therapeutic purposes? Right Ans - Xavier Galezowski
Who is credited with the actual intention of contact lenses Right Ans - All of
the above
Who is credited with identifying the metabolism of the tear meniscus, which
ultimately indicating the importance of the tear film? Right Ans - August
Müller
Who is credited his contributions for the treatment of keratoconus? Right
Ans - Eugene Kalt
Who is credited with the development of the corneal contact lens Right Ans
- Kevin Tuohy
Wat material were the first contact lenses fabricated from Right Ans - Glass
, What were some of the most significant concerns of the first contact lenses
Right Ans - Heavy and low oxygen permeability
Who is credited with the development of the first soft contact lens Right
Ans - Otto Wichhterle
What was the first successful resin (plastic) material used for contact lenses
Right Ans - Polymethylmethacrylate
While the first successful plastic material for contact lenses had good optical
clarity, what was the biggest draw back? Right Ans - Low oxygen
Permeability
Who was the first company to receive approval for soft contact lenses in the
U.S.A? Right Ans - Bausch & Lomb
What year were the first toric soft contact lenses introduced in the U.S.A?
Right Ans - 1977
What year were the first colored soft contact lenses introduced in the U.S.A?
Right Ans - 1981
What year did the FDA issue approval to CIBA Vision for their new silicone
hydrogel material lens for 30 days continuous wear U.S.A? Right Ans - 2001
Statistics have proven that in the United States, impressions are formed on
how someone looks within the first ________ seconds Right Ans - 10
Facial expressions should be natural and ______ what you are saying Right
Ans - reflect
Statistics state that the message is impacted____ by voice versus _______ by
words, so be sure of the quality of your voice. ______ is visual Right Ans -
38%-7%-55%
The average person speaks at the rate of ______ words per minute. The average
person also listens and understands at more than _____ that number Right
Ans - 140-twice
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