Definitionn. a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
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Among the more noted medicinal springs are: classed as calcareous and earthy, Sweet Springs, 74° F., in Monroe (disambiguation)|Monroe county, diuretic and diaphoretic; and Berkeley Springs, 74° F., in Morgan county, reputed restorative in neuralgic cases, and as containing sulphur; Salt Sulphur Springs, in Monroe county, of value in scrofula and skin diseases. [Please select]
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In person, Johnson was heavy and awkward; he was the victim of scrofula in his youth, and of dropsy in his old age. [Please select]
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Her figure, however, seems to have been rather defective, on account of a deformity in the ribs, probably caused by scrofula. [Please select]
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Scrofula, in fact, seems to have been the cause of her death. [Please select]
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But though the touch of a king or Queen was supposed to be a certain remedy for scrofula, it produced no good effect upon Sam Johnson. [Please select]
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Though his features were scarred and distorted with the scrofula, and though his eyes were dim and bleared, yet there was something of authority and wisdom in his look, which impressed them all with awe. [Please select]
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