Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1918 — Latest in Artificial Eyes. [ARTICLE]

Latest in Artificial Eyes.

To make an artificial eye practically indistinguishable is the aim of a British army surgeon who Is experimenting with a ball made of cartillage as a substitute for a metal or glass one. A sphere of such construction when put in place establishes connections with blood vessels and the surrounding tissues. WJien thus fixed in the cavity it is supposed to be capable of movement corresponding to that of a normal eye and furthermore fills the space so that there is no depression, as is Invariably the case where a shell is used. Although time must yet prove the practicability of the scheme, there is reason to expect that the war has brought forth another triumph in plastic surgery.—Popular Mechanics Magazine.