King's Evil

"King's Evil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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)

Descriptor ID

D018601

MeSH Number(s)

C01.252.410.040.552.846.719.500

C15.604.921.500

Concept/Terms

King's Evil

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Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Bacterial Infections [C01.252]
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections [C01.252.410]
Actinomycetales Infections [C01.252.410.040]
Mycobacterium Infections [C01.252.410.040.552]
Tuberculosis [C01.252.410.040.552.846]
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node [C01.252.410.040.552.846.719]
King's Evil [C01.252.410.040.552.846.719.500]
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases [C15]
Lymphatic Diseases [C15.604]
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node [C15.604.921]
King's Evil [C15.604.921.500]

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