From contact lens to ‘Dream Lens’ - Cultural History of Vision Correction Technology

This paper traces how medical technologies to correct vision were introduced and changed in Korean society until the introduction of Orthokeratology called ‘Dream Lens’ in the late 1990s. First of all, I outlines the historical background of the introduction and spread of the relatively unfamiliar a...

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Main Author: Se-Kwon JEONG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for the History of Medicine 2023-04-01
Series:Uisahak
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Online Access:http://www.medhist.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjmh-32-1-81.pdf