| There were many slides shown (over 40 in all) I have consolidated them below and given some brief additional descriptions. I hope this will give the viewer some overall view of the field. I began by giving the scope of the profession in numbers. There are approximately 15 or so ocularists in California - over 200 in the U.S., about 1 per 2 million people, 1 out of a thouusand (approximately) wears a prosthetic eye and that is 1,000 people per million. |
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| A joke: giving irrefutable proof that I am related to the founder, Ludwig Mueller-Uri, of the German method of glass eye manufacture (hand glass blown) because my brother Willie, who is an ocularist practicing in San Francisco has an identical nose. A family analysis of my grandmother (who was a Mueller), seems to indicate that I am, indeed related to Ludwig. |
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| Lauscha is small town which has a population of only 3200 people. It is where the cottage industry of glass blowing (and fabrication) became preeminent in the world. The sands there produced a soft non-toxic glass - cryolite glass which can be easily blown into intricate shapes and colored to replicate the human iris. |
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| I recently collaborated on a book on the history of ocular prosthetics with Robert S. Sherins, M.D. (retired ophthalmologist and historian) which was given impetus by a set of pathological eye specimens made by my great uncle Amandus Mueller in the 1880s. |
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| My belief is that everyone should wear glasses for eye protection. Also, one important indication of a healthy eye is the red-eye reflex. If you do not see a reflex, just maybe an eye care professional should be consulted. |
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| Enucleation procedure with the modern orbital implant and thin artificial eye. |
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| Russian boy with congenital anomaly in left eye was left in orphanage in Russia. He was found by a charity group that brought him to Rotary and I fit him with a scleral shell prosthesis. He was adopted by a wonderful family. |
