Tumors of the Jaws. Charles Locke Scudder, 1912.
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~ Lancaster Herald, July 8, 1868 via LancasterHistory.org “ARTIFICIAL EYES, inserted without pain.” I wonder how many of the patients needing artificial eyes were ex-Civil War soldiers…
French eyes! Those were what the ones who could afford it got. They were the thing to have if you had an eye. Because artificial eyes apparently have trends.
From the Burns Archive. This guy lost his eye during the Civil War...obviously doesn't have a "real" artificial eye, but has something inserted into the socket to maintain facial symmetry and bone structure. Over time, if nothing is kept in the socket, the bones around the eye socket can actually grow in ways that can deform the face even more. That deformation can pull the skin, and damage the ability to see out of the non-missing eye.