A facial approximation of an Icelandic woman shows that she suffered from syphilis during her lifetime about 500 years ago.
During the 16th century, a young woman lived with a face covered with sores that hinted that she likely had tertiary syphilis, a late-stage infection that can often lead to death. Her case of the sexually transmitted infection was so severe that centuries later, her skull remains riddled with bone lesions. Now, researchers have created a facial approximation of the woman as part of a new study .
Cícero Moraes , a Brazilian graphics expert and one of the study's authors, was struck by the lesions marking her skull and realized that he was looking at his next study subject. Although the skull's lower jaw was missing, Moraes was able to use the 3D model as a guide, applying virtual skull and tissue markers to help create the curvature of the deceased woman's face. He also examined other skulls of females of European descent who died around the same age as the woman in the database, as well as the contours of a virtual donor, to create the final facial approximation.
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