king's evil

Noun

archaic uncountable

(archaic) scrofula

Japanese Meaning

（古語）頚部のリンパ節などに現れる結核性疾患、すなわち「王の病」と呼ばれる病気を意味します。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

17世紀には多くの家族が君主の介入を求め、頸部結核が王の触れによって治ると信じていた。

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(archaic) scrofula

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.

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