The optic zone of contact lenses is only a portion of the lens, which is surrounded by peripheral fitting curves that do not affect vision. It's something like looking out a small window in your house: If you are standing very close to the window, you have a large, unobstructed view of the outdoors.
Character actress Mary Jackson, best known for her role as Miss Emily Baldwin on the iconic 1970s television series The Waltons, has died. She was 95. Character actress Mary Jackson, best known for her role as Miss Emily Baldwin on the iconic 1970s television series The Waltons, has died.
Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, was an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever. She worked as a cook for several families in New York City at the beginning of the twentieth century and she also cooked for the soldiers. Several cases of typhoid fever in members of those families were traced to her by the Health Department.