Sharp County record., 1878-06-28
Artificial Eyes.

of the ball as possible. Makers of ore
fetal eyes call this the stump: and H =
is large it moves the artificial eve hal
and forth so naturally that the cbsroI
is not perceptible except to a verv cIoS'''
observer whose attention has preyion,I
been called to the misfortune of a!
/ Wearer.
When the patient first goes to fl
maker of artificial eyes, the latter carosI
ly studies the cavity, the size and shan,
of the stump, and the size of the eveTE =
measured on their inner surface. Tbs'' n
measurements differ greatly in difersS.
persons, and are very irregular in Il. h
same person; so that in no case can fl. y
porcelain be made symmetrically NO. - .
feet. A sphere of porcelain is neTs er :
used. The new eye is always boIh, :,
on the inner side. The extent of HI = =
concavity depends upon the size of y
stump, which the porcelain must fit a. %
curately, but without hugging. Tber :
are no rules of measurement for MAXI, "a
a good fit, and for this reason a maESp y
of artificial eyes should be an artist eN
After the eyemaker has given atta 'c'
ton to the essentials spoken of aboD :,
he next studies the good eye of his pl hd
tient. He estimates the diameter d nsl
the pupil in ordinary light, and clOsT IL II
examines the colOrs of the iris. Tbes n'
colors are never "laid on" by natr :.
in precisely the same way. Even efl
the case of two persons whose eyes han at
precisely the same shade of color h es
effect is produced by different arrans att
ments of natures greens, grays SI 4
blues. The eyemaker closely examh, vol
these peculiarities, and then he is re,I'ess
to 90 into his workshop. His materast
is a kind of porcelain. ID q
Some eyemakers claim peculiar b n
cellences for the material they use. !ssa'
clear annealed glass could be used, rite
artificial eye might last for many yeay en S
but in order to produce wha. they wing
sire, certain oxides must be used. Tia stion
oxides are attacked by the saline hum IA
of the eye, and the surface becOnetur'
rough. This makes it necessary to lid in
place an artificial eye after it has bar of
worn about eighteen months. ThebJV0rs
eyes, under the most favorable cira. LOO
stances, can not be worn more h the
three wears. The material Of the g; SIG
maker is drawn for him at a glass md re SO
ufacturer's into tubes about one nzed
and half in circumference. He erednsted.
a tube until it is little smaller than -Th,
lead pencil. Next he blows bulb in Ct
one end of the size of the sound eyed bron
in his patron, cOntriving to maaiestal
slightly oval to initiate the naturslar relief
ature of the eye. At the place vh Do
the iris and pupil are to be he faEon b
the little sphere, and in the centGdl be q
flat surface he applies a circular ppanto
of black pigment. This is the rorison
Next follows a work of great Mrs.
With indelible colors taken trOms d rece
cite he initiates on the hattened pGs borl
the sphere around the pupils, the has e
which he has previously studied in name
sound eye. This having been dom ETied
circular piece of clear crystal glass : time
on one side and convex on the othehe Ne
laid upon the pigments, with its fat aumula
down. 1t is firmly fastened in Phs storie
fusing its edge with the porcelain ~ wen
the aid of blow pipe. After this
cate operation the front Of the
should exactly resemble the SOUND q Cat
which it is to match, with the ezceae pom
of the small red veins in the eY' 40 IS !
These are initiated By drawing 0IIihe g
glass to the necessary tineneSS, anu "a reso
plying bits of this glass thread ',atlon {
vet hot, in vein-like shapes, to I& 1t st;
nea. They are fused into it unas abando
flame of the blow pipe. The Ta,man'S
initiating the natural eye is comPs
Next the operator draws with Bishop
pencil an irregular line on theP mia, is
lain sphere inclosing the IRIS, nation
marks off that part OF the froI' IS an
sphere which is to constitute 'ls med to
cial eye. He afterwards IoIlo% twenty.
line, with the hot point oi rnedlcint
glass or iron, and thus CRACKS French.
Bart he wants. The edges are ish and
filed or clipped off until the taken
accurately fit in the spaces Oens,l 1868.
eyelids, according to the meas%o aa. The fash
he has taken. After this has Us'I arvcur,
the artificial eye is anneaIea =, ted to By
it, and allowing it to cool very %Fhacc acc Swisf
little box. If an ALTERATION Judy of t
made on fitting the artificial eyo ntages W
place beneath the lids, 1t lS III, aasstteran
after using the file and the bio" diel, are
anneal the porcelain agaiin;; ,r, > those VIII
necessary that the artieia! f f y y from a3
tached to the stump further % spl Of 0llen
over it like cap with a ,S5 VS 'ew York
pressure. This has been lOur nr the col
sufficient to give it free m0,f ;s III negro ct
and fro. If the porcelain S'+ - ~ Is, as ha
become rough it causes WI" VIZ cts whert
maker calls fungus growS'a&. Al nored sch
the same as the "proua asa Il, our in tn,
often impedes the healing \ met opp
is usually recommended to I'm lSes, [ q the
Efo;ol oyo very soon after tnV lored tea,