title: The Max Schapero Lecture: Contact lens horizons.
abstract: The author reviews the development of contact lenses in the period 1930 to 1950. Based on personal knowledge and involvement the author describes the ideas, the problems, and the people who combined to advance this aspect of optometry.
mesh_terms: D003261:Contact Lenses / Q000592:standards*; D005060:Europe; D005858:Germany; D005898:Glass; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009907:Optometry / Q000266:history; D010969:Plastics; D012590:Sclera; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics