Large Macules Mixed With Papules, Scattered Over Entire Body

Illustration from 'Atlas of Syphilis and the Venereal Diseases' (by Frank Mracek and Lemuel Bolton Bangs), 1898. Present Condition: A livid somewhat infiltrated scar, the result of the primary lesion on the outer layer of the prepuce. Moist papules in the coronary sulcus of the penis and about the anus. An abundant macular syphilide scattered over the trunk and extremities. Here and there among the macules are seen large shiny papules; their reddish brown color contrasting with the livid hue of the macules. The soles of the feet exhibit dirty yellow papules (psoriasis plantaris). Alopecia and slight desquamation of the hairy scalp. On the forehead a maculo papular syphilide. Both tonsils are enlarged and covered with coalescent suppurating ulcers papules. (Photo by VintageMedStock/Getty Images)