Part 1 History: origin of the contact lens, Anthony Sabbell. Part 2 Material technology: chemical composition & properties, Miguel Refojo; oxygen transport through contact lenses, William Benjamin; mechanical properties, Ronald E. Stephenson. Part 3 Contact lens design technology: contact lens design, Michel Guillon and William Sammons; soft contact lens kinetics, Yoshizo Kikkawa; contact lens optics, Colin Fowler; quality assurance and quality control for volume lens manufacturing, Stewart Gibson; quality control of rigid lenses in clinical practice, Richard Pearson; the verification of soft lenses in clinical practice, Michael Port; manufacturing standards, Michael Sheridan. Part 4 Anatomical & physiological factors: microscopic anatomy and ultra structure of the cornea, conjunctiva and lids, Ramesh Tripathi, et al; innervation of the anterior segment, Gordon Ruskell; corenal physiology & biophysics, Stephen Kwok; biochemical aspects of the cornea, Barry Masters. Part 5 Clinical techniques: keratometry & specialist optical instrumentation, Ronald Rabbetts; photokeratoscopy & corneal topography, Arthur Ho and Michel Guillon; biomicroscopy, Steve Zantos and Ian Cox; pachometry - clinical & scientific applications, Tailoi Chan and David Pye; aesthesiometry, Michel Millodot; the role of tears in contact lens performance and its measurement, Jean-Pierre Guillon; oxygen consumption & measurements, Richard Hill. Part 6 Practical routine: indications and contraindications for contact lens wear, Barry Weissman; preliminary examination patient selection, Barry Weissman; contact lens care systems and solutions used by the practitioner, Fiona Stapleton & Judith Stechler; symptomology and aftercare, Joshua Joshephson, et al. Part 7 Fitting techniques: basic contact lens fitting, Michel Guillon; fitting the astigmatic patient with rigid contact lenses, Theodore Grosvenor; toric hydrogel contact lenses, Nigel Burnett Hodd and Joshua Josephson; tinted hydrogel contact lenses, Richard Weisbarth; the scleral regid lens - optical and therapeutic applications, Montague Ruben; gas permeable scleral contact lenses, Oliver Schein, et al; presyopia and influence of ageing on the prescription of contact lenses, William Benjamin and Irving Borish; contact lenses for children, David Taylor and Judith Morris. Part 8 Abnormal and therapeutic fitting: correction of irregular astigmatism with contact lenses, Montague Ruben; contact lens fitting post refractive surgery, Christine Astin; orthokeratology, Leo Carney; therapeutic soft contact lenses, Thomas John, et al. (Part contents.)