Illustration of facial lesions suffered by Agata Lapieruz an inhabitant of the Italian town of Falcade in the early 19th century. A similar disease,known as falcadina,had been afflicting the townspeople 36 years. Lapieruz lost her lower eyelids,nose and upper lip. It is now thought that falcadina was a strain of syphilis,which is caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum | |
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