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Figure 3. The upper lip is eaten Figure 4. Cicatrization following ne- 
away. crosis of the upper jaw. 
The third subject expresses an alteration most grave. The upper 
lip is devoured, likewise the nose, uncovering the gums, which are 
red and bleeding. 
The teeth are complete, but the end of the nose has disappeared ; 
this is of abnormal shortness and appears too high. 
The fourth pottery is even more interesting. There has been ne- 
crosis and loss of the superior maxilla, which has undergone a retrac- 
tion over the inferior. A cicatricial tissue has formed, tight and 
inextensible, which leaves the teeth uncovered and obstructs the 
entrance of the nostrils. The lower eyelid of the right eye, held by 
the cicatricial tissue, leaves uncovered the ocular globe, while that of 
the left eye is normal. 
The last pottery of this series represents a mother, who holds her 
infant in her arms. In her case also there exists a loss of the upper 
jaw. But here the nose is destroyed at its root ; the extremity, in- 
tact, is turned up. This form of nose has been well described by 
Fournier, the syphilographer of France. 
Similar potteries are not rare. They exist likewise in the Mu- 
seum de la Plata, Argentina, South America. A beautiful collec- 
tion of photographs of this last Museum is on exhibition at the 
