Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1916 — EYES NOW MADE OF RUBBER [ARTICLE]

EYES NOW MADE OF RUBBER

Artificial eyes made of rubber instead of glass are described in the ’ London Times as more comfortable and as advantageous in other ways. ; Two French workers, MM. Lemaitre ! an <* Teuilleres, it says, have evolved ; this new method of replacing lost eyes. They aimed at producing a substance of sufficient elasticity and softness to respond to the changes in t-he eye socket and at the same time of sufficient hardness to present a smooth natural effect between the eyelids. Experiment led them jto take careful casts of the socket . in plaster and to make from these casts the body of an artificial eye which should exactly fit the socket. They sblved the difficulty of consistence by making the front of the new eye of hard caoutchouc, vulcanized and enameled to represent the natural appearance, and the back of the eye of soft caoutchouc, hollowed out in the form of a ball and filled with air. These hollow eyes are-said to answer the purpose very well. They are soft and elastic; they respond in a remarkable manner to the ocular movements; they do not irritate the socket; and they have the great additional advantage of being unbreakable.