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Old 15th Apr 2007, 06:21
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blue up
 
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Gingernut.
An interesting 'aside'.
Contact lenses were developed through post WW2 studies into corneal damage from broken shards of windshield in aircrew. It was noticed that glass fragments caused damage and infection whilst perspex would rarely bring infection with it. Optician told me this a while back.
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