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
Расстановка переносов
king's e·vil
Турецкое произношение
kîngz ivıl
Произношение
/ˈkəɴɢz ˈēvəl/ /ˈkɪŋz ˈiːvəl/
Этимология
() From a popular belief that the King could cure the disease by touching the sufferer.