Face of a man affected with tertiary syphilis
Wellcome Collection

Face of a man affected with tertiary syphilis

Mark, Leonard Portal

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Watercolour drawing of the face and head of a man, who had tertiary syphilis. The skin over the nose and left side of the face presents extensive scars, produced by the healing of serpiginous ulcers. The forehead has numerous prominences of a gummatous nature.

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