Dental ulcer on the tongue

  • Godart, Thomas
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Dental ulcer on the tongue. St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives & Museum. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Watercolour drawing of the tongue of an old man, showing an indolent traumatic ulcer on the border, due to the rubbing of a tooth. The base of the sore was indurated, so that it was feared it might be cancerous, but it disappeared within a few days of the removal of the tooth.

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