Our ability to observe the world around us is surely one of our most valuable natural abilities. Because not everyone enjoys clear vision from birth, great efforts have been undertaken to improve vision, most recently in the area of surgical options.
But let’s first take a look at how we got to this point.
Perfect vision used to be dictated by your genes, but now anyone can enjoy crisp, glasses-free sight. (Wesley Tingey/Unsplash)
The Romans are credited with the development of the magnifying glass, and in the 13th century, the first eyeglasses were created by Italian craftsmen by setting lenses into a frame that could be perched on the bridge of the wearer’s nose or held in front of their face. Said to initially be widely used by monks, examples can be seen as accessories in some early Renaissance paintings of scholars who saw them as a mark of intellect and prosperity….