University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Anatomy
Art
Moulage
Diseases
Classification
Anatomy
Art
Moulage
Diseases
Accession Number
1981.17.27
Description
Anatomical model in wax of a life-size section showing nose and mouth mounted on a wooden base, depicting a hard chancre of the lower lip; paper label mounted.
Anatomical model in wax of a life-size section showing nose and mouth mounted on a wooden base, depicting a hard chancre of the lower lip; paper label mounted.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. Gary Sibbald, Toronto General Hospital.
In upper right-hand corner: "Hôpital St. Louis // Paris"; signed "S. Niclet" to bottom left of moulage; label beneath moulage reads, "Chancre induré de la levre inferieure--forme geante [Hard chancre of the lower lip--giant form] // Fournier"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F6-5
Length
17.1 cm
Width
12.2 cm
Height
6.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
height is approx. max.
Condition Remarks
Sept 2022: Overall good condition; crack running from right corner of mouth up diagonally to right side with small chip missing near lip; crack running from left corner of mouth to left side; wax has white bloom in places and some very faint cracks and imperfections, especially on chin and nose. Slight signs of flaking of wax on bottom lip and tip of nose.
#2: cracks at corners of mouth, ear to ear, radiating up to right nostril; #3: wax is cracking
The chancre is firm and painless, and it oozes fluid that contains syphilis bacteria. Sometimes, lymph nodes near the ulcer become enlarged, but remain painless. The chancre of primary syphilis usually heals after one to five weeks, although the person remains infected. At this stage, syphilis is highly contagious.
Louis Niclet (1867–1924) was made official modeller at the Hôpital St.-Louis following the death of Jules Barretta in 1923. Niclet made 480 moulages in his career, all with great attention to detail.