Syphilis / by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson.

  • Hutchinson, Jonathan, Sir, 1828-1913
Date:
1909
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Credit: Syphilis / by Sir Jonathan Hutchinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Plate 16.—Atrophic Sclerosis with Precancerous Papillomata Tlie patient was a smoker who had long ago suffered from syphilis. His tongue had given him but little trouble, but had been slowly passing into its present condition for many years. The surface of the tongue is seen to be destitute of papilla1 in parts, smooth, and of an opaque white tint from superficial sclerosis. In other parts it shows lumpy hypertrophy, and the central furrow is exaggerated. Near to the tip, and again in mid-dorsum posteriorly, are some firm papillomata, the bases of which are constricted. The tongue was excised by the late Mr. Wagstaff, in St. Thomas’s Hospital, in 1874. After several operations the man ultimately died of epithelial cancer of the submaxillary glands.