title: Syphilitic caries of the skull--the changing face of medicine.
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 Surgeons of England. The condition appears not to have been uncommon in the nineteenth century. The mechanism of bone destruction is discussed as is also the role of secondary infection and treatment with mercury.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Turk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009144:Museums; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology; D013587:Syphilis / Q000266:history*