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
Heceleme
king's e·vil
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kîngz ivıl
Telaffuz
/ˈkəɴɢz ˈēvəl/ /ˈkɪŋz ˈiːvəl/
Etimoloji
() From a popular belief that the King could cure the disease by touching the sufferer.