Suppose the person the matter is taken from, has the king's evil, the pox, madness, or some other inveterate disease — I am sure the inoculator can give no reason why it should not convey one distemper as well as the other.
{i} scrofula, tuberculosis of the lymph glands of the neck (in the past it was believed to be curable by the royal touch)
king's evil
Silbentrennung
king's e·vil
Türkische aussprache
kîngz ivıl
Aussprache
/ˈkəɴɢz ˈēvəl/ /ˈkɪŋz ˈiːvəl/
Etymologie
() From a popular belief that the King could cure the disease by touching the sufferer.