title: Otto Wichterle--Inventor of the First Soft Contact Lenses.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kyle
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Steensma
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Marc A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shampo
mesh_terms: D057235:Austria-Hungary; D003263:Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic / Q000266:history*; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D062068:Inventors / Q000266:history*; D010678:Philately / Q000266:history*