In olden time, scrofula, or the 'king's evil', was cured by the touch of the king. |
They are sickly, infected with scrofula and own no shacks or even teepees, using only bark and brush. |
School principals, in conjunction with medical officers, asked Indian agents for more funds to handle outbreaks of tuberculosis and scrofula. |
The children who passed the head there were protected from the scrofula and the grass protects from the fates and the bad spirits. |
In 1841 a health resort was opened in Davos for children suffering from scrofula and tuberculosis. |
Amongst them were a couple of tutors, with their pupils who had come to be cured of scrofula. |