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Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1984;25:1161-7.5. Mertz GW. Development of contact lenses. In: Hamano, H and Kaufman HE. Corneal physiology and disposable contact lenses. Boston: Butterworth-Heineman, 1997:65-99.6. Korb DR. Corneal transparency with emphasis on the phenome-non of central circular clouding. Encycl CL Prac:IV, Append B, 1963:106-167. Korb DR, Exford JM. The phenomenon of central circular clouding. J Am Optom Assoc 1968;39:223-30.8. Korb DR, Korb JE. A new concept in contact lens design-Parts I and II. J Am Optom Assoc 1970;41(12):1023-32.9. Allansmith MR, Korb DR, Greiner JV, et al. Giant papillary conjunc-tivitis in contact lens wearers. Am J Ophthalmol 1977;83:697-708.10. Korb DR, Henriquez AS. Meibomian gland dysfunction and contact lens intolerance. J Am Optom Assoc 1980;51:243-51.11. Korb DR, Greiner JV, Herman JP, et al. Lid wiper epitheliopathy and dry-eye symptoms in contact lens wearers CLAO J 2002;28:211-6.12. Korb DR, et al. Lid wiper epitheliopathy and dry eye symptoms. Eye & Contact Lens 2005;31(1):2-8.13. Baldwin WR. Borish. Springfield, Mass: Bassette Company, 2006. [ S P E C I A L T H A N K S ]Special thanks to contributors Robert Davis, O.D.; Art Epstein, O.D.; and Glenda Secor, O.D., for their assistance with this series.Late 1980sReverse-geometry lens designs are introduced for post-RK patients.Dr. Korb invents Soothe, a metastable oil-in-water emulsion that has been shown to more than double the thicknessof the lipid layer. It is now marketed and sold by Alimera Sciences.Leaders of Yesterday, Today and TomorrowBY JACK SCHAEFFER, O.D.AND JAN BEITINGFollowing the introduction of contact lensesin the 1940s and 1950s and the rapid proliferation throughout the 1970s of new lens materials and designs, the first true contact lens specialty practices began to emerge.In Part III of our series on pioneers in the contact lens field, we examine the groundbreaking practitioners who first eschewed spectacles to establish contact lens-only practices.
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