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The Miracle of the Contact Lens
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
leaflet
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 1970s
paper
overall (closed): 200 x 95; (open): 200 x 390 mm

Information leaflet aimed at patients explaining the history and nature of contact lenses, insertion and removal, length of wear, safety, whether they are still 'experimental', the errors which they can correct, how long it takes to get used to them, the frequecy at which a prescription needs changing, disadvantages, cost and how to obtain them. DL format printed in black, blue and yellow on eight sides, folded. Includes black and white photographs of women wearing contact lenses, a Smith & Nephew solution bottle next to KIGU corneal lens case and a ten pence coin compared in size with a corneal lens. Also features a cut-out area whereby the page can be opened to show how a spectacle-wearing woman can be transformed.

2007.959

Gift of Mr Tim Bowden, 2007