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Teeth from a patient affected by inherited syphilis
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Teeth from a patient affected by inherited syphilis

Mark, Leonard Portal

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Watercolour drawing of the teeth of a patient, aged 11 years, who was the subject of inherited syphilis. The notching of the incisors is very characteristically shown.

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