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# 18 Cavendish Square Standing before this elegant Georgian townhouse in one of London's most refined squares, you're looking at the birthplace of modern contact lens practice in Britain. It was here, from 1937 to 1964, that Josef Dallos established the world's first clinic dedicated exclusively to...

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18 Cavendish Square

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Josef Dallos 1905-1979 Hungarian born British ophthalmologist invented living eye impression technique 1930. First contact lens only practice here 1937-1964