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Syphilitic holes in your face, or what passed for a cosmetic skin graft in 1900?

From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2014

Tertiary Syphilitic Ulceration in region of Knee and on both Thumbs 171 43.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Syphilitic Affections.—A primary lesion on the tongue is accompanied by marked enlargement and tenderness of the submaxillary lymph glands on one or on both sides.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Syphilitic patients should be warned of the danger of pursuing vocations that make such demands upon them.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Syphilitic contracture is a condition which has been observed chiefly in the later secondary period; the biceps of the arm and the hamstrings in the thigh are the muscles more commonly affected.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis