Adolf Eugen Fick. Invention Fick invented the contact lens. Born : September 3 rd 1829. Died :August...
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Adolf Eugen Fick
Invention
• Fick invented the contact lens.• Born : September 3rd 1829.• Died :August 21st 1901.• The contact lens had been around
for close to one hundred years or more but his was the first to stop nearsightness and farsightedness.
Degrees
• 1851 doctorate• In 1847 he began
the study of mathematics and physics.
• Later he switched to medicine.
Degrees (cont)
• It wasn't till later in 1851 that he began studying visual errors and astigmatism .
The first contact lens
• The first few that fick invented were first tested on animals (rabits)and the contact covered the entire eyeball.
• And they were also very heavy and the user couldn't wear them for long periods of time .
Facts
• In 1851 he introduced fick’s laws of diffusion.
• In 1870 he thought up the Fick principal.
Facts On Contact Lens
• One hundred and twenty five thousand people wear contact lenses .
• Most of the wearers are in Japan and united states of America.
Styles
• There are many different types of contact lenses .
• Types• Sport• Color• Clear
Uses for contact lens
• Therapeutic contacts
• Cosmetic• Corrective
• By: adam 5th per. German 1