Tongue with tertiary syphilitic ulcer

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Tongue with tertiary syphilitic ulcer. St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Watercolour drawing of a tongue on the dorsum of which is a large deeply excavated tertiary syphilitic ulcer. From a woman aged 23, who seven months previously had suffered from a sore throat and rash on the body. The ulcer on the tongue rapidly healed under treatment with potassium iodide.

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