Word: feinbloom
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...your issue of Sept. 7 under the heading Medicine, you devote a great deal of space to Dr. Feinbloom and his contact lenses, and wonderful too! But why the remark: "They are inconspicuous for actors and other vain persons...
...curvature of the eye varies from one individual to another, a lucky fit is necessary for contact lenses to be worn for long periods without irritation. Hence although they have been known for 80 years, only about 3,000 have been successfully worn. For six years Dr. William Feinbloom, research fellow of Columbia University, labored on the problem of a lens made to fit any given eye perfectly. Last week he told how he solved it. Wax was molded roughly to the shape of the eye, to which it was then applied, left for ten minutes. Body heat...
TIME reported the American Academy of Optometry's $1,000 award to Dr. William Feinbloom, optometrist of Manhattan's West Side Hospital, for his telescopic spectacles with triple cylindrical (instead of spherical) lenses which in some cases enabled 98%-blind patients to see well enough to work. Zeiss telescopic spectacles, not new, have been shown helpful in about 3% of clinical cases. Dr. Feinbloom's development is new, still of debated importance. The Journal of the American Medical Association last fortnight advised "strenuous protests" against Dr. Feinbloom's "socalled improvement." The American Foundation for the Blind...
...March of Time" dramatized one successful case of Dr. Feinbloom's. If the dramatization gave any blind listener false hope, TIME regrets. But also, if one sufferer has benefited from the Feinbloom development TIME rejoices. TIME counsels those interested in Dr. Feinbloom's spectacles to consult their eye specialists...
Delighted with Dr. Feinbloom's invention and his permitting any eye specialist to make the device without royalties, the American Academy of Optometry gave him $1,000. He will use the money to give free spectacles to poor patients...