Spine-chilling video shows how contact lenses were made in 1948

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She looked to me like she was possibly sedated (or put in a trance). Even so, she was surprisingly calm.

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They said in the video that her eyes were anesthetitized.

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ahhh! Makes sense! (I was watching without sound on…:expressionless: )

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No thanks, Un Chien Andalou was more than enough for me.

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No no no. I hate this.

Also not helping.

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You probably needed to do that just to wear them anyway, seeing that they were non-permeable back then. And THICK.

My Eyes Pain GIF

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Fun fact: usable contact lenses go back as far as 1888, while the concept is far older.

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Teller had that done to make the lenses they used in this card trick.

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A photo of me trying to watch the video

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Shocked Gravity Falls GIF

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By all accounts, early contact lenses like these were a nightmare to wear.

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Phew. So glad they didn’t make them out of glass.

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