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Word: ketterman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...Francisco, one-eyed Housepainter Charles T. Ketterman saw newspaper accounts of cornea transplantations to restore sight (see p. 20). Instead of trying to buy a cornea to repair his blind eye, he offered for sale the cornea of his one sound eye. His price: $1,500. His reason: "I have seen enough misery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 15, 1938 | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

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