TATTOOING THE EYE.
It has become an almost universal belief that while every other feature can be so made up that it is hardly possible to recognise one's own brother, were he properly disguised, yet the eyes will always remain the same. ■ Alter the shape or colour of the eyebows, paint lines in_any position around them, yet they are the old eyes still, and it is impossible .to tamper with them without destroying the sight. Still, there are hundreds of people who are walking about to- ; day who have had the colours changed, and every .one of them has lost a part or the whole of- his power of seeing. . When, through accident or otherwise, the sight of an eye is destroyed, that eye changes colour slightly, usually becoming lighter and looking quite dead, though the movements remain unchanged. But if the retaining of this dead eye will not injure the sight of the other one, it can be so altered by a very delicate tattooing that it would be almost impossible to tell 1 that anything was wrong. The operation is an expensive one, but the comfort experienced by not naving/to ( use a glass eye fully makes up for it.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 143, 12 June 1903, Page 2
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