A ready-made or custom-made prosthesis of glass or plastic shaped and colored to resemble the anterior portion of a normal eye and used for cosmetic reasons. It is attached to the anterior portion of an orbital implant (ORBITAL IMPLANTS) which is placed in the socket of an enucleated or eviscerated eye. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
    

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Private rooms for sight testing and spectacle fitting / Albert Hagon Ltd.

Special treatment and cure without operation : Mr. Ison's system of treatment of eye and ear diseases is simply perfection ... / Ison's Eye aand Ear Dispensary Ltd.

On cataract, artificial pupil, and strabismus / by F.H. Brett.

A probationary surgical essay on artificial pupil : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, ... / by John M'Farlan ... March 1820.

Die Kunstaugensamlung der Universitätsaugenklinik Rostock / von Daniel Schubert.

An artificial eye, with some practical suggestions as to its use / by W. Adams Frost.

L'oeil artificiel / par Robert Coulomb.

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On cataract, artificial pupil, and strabismus / by F.H. Brett.

A probationary surgical essay on artificial pupil : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, ... / by John M'Farlan ... March 1820.

Die Kunstaugensamlung der Universitätsaugenklinik Rostock / von Daniel Schubert.

An artificial eye, with some practical suggestions as to its use / by W. Adams Frost.

L'oeil artificiel / par Robert Coulomb.