By submerging the head in a bowl of water or wearing a glass hemisphere over the eye, what person is generally credited with introducing the idea of contact lenses? The introduction was in the 1500s and contact lenses were not practically implementable during this person's lifetime.

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1. By submerging the head in a bowl of water or wearing a glass hemisphere over the eye, what person is generally credited with introducing the idea of contact lenses? The introduction was in the 1500s and contact lenses were not practically implementable during this person's lifetime.