The Birth of Contact Lenses — The Great Vision of Leonardo da Vinci
Contact lenses (contact lenses) are so familiar and popular, they are used by more than 150 million people worldwide. People choose to wear contact lenses for many reasons: cosmetic or therapeutic. Along with that are the advantages of this type of glasses when compared to ordinary glasses such as no water, snow and higher aesthetics, so nowadays there are many young people who love this type of glasses.
5 min readMar 2, 2021
The vision of Leonardo da Vinci
A little-known fact is that although only about 100 years ago, but contact lenses were born from the idea of inventor Leonardo da Vinci. He sketched this idea in his 1508 book Codex of the Eye in 1508, where submerging a person’s head in a bowl of water could change their vision. He even created a glass tube with a large funnel on one side to fill it with water. However at that time, his way of thinking was unrealistic and quite absurd.
