title: The history of the artificial eye.
abstract: The history of the artificial eye, from antiquity to the present, is described. Around the beginning of the nineteenth century, glass eyes replaced the earlier metal ones--not always well tolerated. In 1835, cryolite glass was used instead of lead glass; to this day it remains the lightest and most desirable substance for making artificial eyes.
mesh_terms: D005137:Eye, Artificial / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D005898:Glass; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics