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... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections > Actinomycetales Infections > Mycobacterium Infections > Tuberculosis > Tuberculosis, Extrapulmonary > Tuberculosis, Lymph Node > King's Evil

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King's Evil  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Evil, Kings
  • Evils, Kings
  • Kings Evil
  • Kings Evils

Note

  • = scrofula in hist articles only: differentiate from SCROFULA see TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE which is restricted to scrofula in modern clin med

Scope note

  • The historic designation for scrofula (TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE). The disease is so called from the belief that it could be healed by the touch of a king. This term is used only for historical articles using the name "king's evil", and is to be differentiated from scrofula as lymph node tuberculosis in modern clinical medicine. (From Webster, 3d ed)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018601

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