Catalogue Number: 4001 Boston Rewetting Drops Starter Bottle 5 ml Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Contact lenses and accessories Corporation: Bausch and Lomb Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 2014 Time Period: 21st C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Greenville, South Carolina, USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Bausch and Lomb, Rochester, New York, USA Description Of Item: White plastic bottle 60 mm x 22 mm with sealed white screw cap labelled Boston Rewetting Drops, manufacturing details and instructions to see inside packaging carton for directions and safety information in English and Spanish. Expiry 2016/05. Temporary storage Box A Historical Significance: Perry Rosenthal, ophthalmologist, Louis Mager, physicist and Joseph Salamone founded Polymer Technology in 1974 when they developed the first silicone acrylate rigid contact lens materials, the first commercial material being Boston IV. Solutions for care and maintenance of the material were developed. Polymer Technology was sold to Bausch and Lomb in 1983. How Acquired: Donated by Colin Bates Date Acquired: 17/7/2017 Condition: Very Good Location: Archive Room. East wall Unit 5 Cupboard |