A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands.
1 He had lately been touched by the deceased King Charles for the king 's evil .
2 May the king 's evil fate be averted by my death!
3 In old times the King cured the king 's evil by the touch of the royal hand.
4 He was the first of our princes that attempted to cure the king 's evil by touching.
5 Johnson derived from his parents, or from an unwholesome nurse, the distemper called the king 's evil .
6 Johnson, as a youth, was ulcerated and tortured by the king 's evil , in spite of the Royal touch.
7 He was the first to let people touch him on Tuesdays and Fridays for scrofula, or " king 's evil . "
8 It was thought that by merely rubbing the dead hand on the body, the patient afflicted with the king 's evil would be instantly cured.
9 There is no longer a hand with virtue enough to cure the king 's evil , no ampulla with holy power sufficient to render kings inviolable.
10 Money and wealth would be granted plenteously, if gold were needed, for great as was the king 's evil , so large would be his delight.
11 When Princess Diana touched people, she was tapping one of the most ancient rituals of royal magic: thaumaturgy, or touching for the king 's evil .
12 Curing the " king 's evil " was one of the oldest attributes of royalty, and it could not be imagined that it would descend to an impostor.
13 He had "Webster's Unabridged" on the brain,-anexasperating form of king 's evil .
14 There is no disease in Christendom that may so properly be called the King 's evil .
15 The Royal cure of the King 's Evil , or Scrofula.
16 Johnson's face was scarred by the King 's Evil , which even the touch of Queen Anne had failed to cure.
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