Dr. William Feinbloom of New York City, well-known optometrist, who is making an attempt to “restore sight to the blind”, has invented powerful microscopic spectacles magnifying eighteen times, according to an announcement made here today at the twelfth annual meeting of the American Academy of Optometry.
Dr. Feinbloom’s invention triples the power of lenses, which are composed of two convex parts. His second device increases distance vision by fifty percent. His achievement has been described as revolutionary in the optometric science.
In a paper which he read before the convention, Dr. Feinbloom said.
“As a result of these devices, together with those already known, we have found it possible to aid approximately sixty percent of the unselected cases of subnormal vision. I believe the work to date has opened the field for development of optical devices.
A year ago Dr. Feinbloom gave the scientific world cylindrical telescopic spectacles for those with extremely defective vision. The new invention further increases the power of the lenses.
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