eye, artificial; prosthesis
notes: label: Description
content: Walter Spohn (1915-2003) was a German who immigrated to the United States in 1928 and worked as a baker. Drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941, Spohn was chosen for the new artificial eye program at Fort Sam Houston. After the War, he worked at several Veterans Administration hospitals, making various prostheses and assistive device. He spent many years as Chief of the Veteran’s Administration ocular prosthesis clinic in San Francisco. Following retirement, he directed a program in anaplastology at Stanford University.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Implants of Silicone Aiding Disfigured,” Los Angeles Times (Dec. 3, 1972), p. B2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Walter G. Spohn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0056.05.01
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0056.05.01
label: accession number
content: 2001.0056
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Artificial Eyes
label: Object Name
content: eye, artificial
label: Object Name
content: prosthesis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: acrylic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 2.9 cm x 2.5 cm; 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 1 in x 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.2225 cm