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Eugène Kalt

French ophthalmologist (1861–1941)

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Lived 1861–1941, aged 80France
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    1861–1941
    Aged 80
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Updated 2026-08-13

Eugène Jean Baptiste Kalt was a French ophthalmologist who developed the first known application of a contact lens for the correction of keratoconus. In 1888, he worked on a crude flat-fitting glass scleral lenses designed to "compress the steep conical apex thereby correcting the condition". His first lenses were crafted from the bottoms of glass test tubes.

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