Object numberRCSHM/Z 79
Scientific nameHomo sapiens
CollectionCollege Museum
CategoryModels and casts
Object nameFace, syphilis, Maxillofacial Prosthesis Implantation, moulages
DescriptionWax moulage on plaster base showing the face of a patient with syphilis. A prosthetic nose and upper lip have been fitted to the model.
This model is one of a series presented by the dentist E A Hardy in 1962, based on patients treated by him with Sir Harold Gillies and Sir Archibald McIndoe. The patient in this case has undergone extensive tissue loss from the nose, maxilla and around the left orbit.
Surgeon/clinician
Surgeon/clinician
presented
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Location
Not on public display: contact museum for access conditions