SYPHILITIC CARIES OF THE SKULL - THE CHANGING FACE OF MEDICINE

Authors
TURK JL
Citation
Jl. Turk, SYPHILITIC CARIES OF THE SKULL - THE CHANGING FACE OF MEDICINE, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 88(3), 1995, pp. 146-148
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01410768
Volume
88
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
146 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-0768(1995)88:3<146:SCOTS->2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This paper describes the specimens of caries sicca of calvaria due to syphilis in the collections of the Museums of the Royal College of Sur geons of England. The condition appears not to have been uncommon in t he nineteenth century. The mechanism of bone destruction is discussed as is also the role of secondary infection and treatment with mercury.