"Under wartime conditions, there is no doubt that Civil War soldiers were left with difficult-to-fit eye
sockets. Materials used for implants in reconstruction of the orbit included glass, gold, aluminum, cotton,
asbestos, wool, silver, rubber, silk, catgut, peat, wire, agar, bone, fat, petroleum jelly, and paraffin."
Wow. Although that sounds medieval by today's standards, give the Doctors credit for trying anything to help those guys.