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JOHN FAIERS of Great Ashfield, Suffolk, is described; and it is again adverted to in order to shew the hereditary nature of Scrofula, which is remarkably developed in several members of his family; no less than four of his children having been attacked with the disease: 1.
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The parade of worthies ranges from the living legends -- Archie Griffin's touch has been known to cure Scrofula -- to those whose apparent free time just seems awkward.
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Scrofula, I chanted as I slid the tines in — scrofula is what I am searching for.
Scrofula 2010
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The parade of worthies ranges from the living legends -- Archie Griffin's touch has been known to cure Scrofula -- to those whose apparent free time just seems awkward.
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After all, "its effect in Consumption, Scrofula, and other diseases causing rapid loss of healthy tissue has given Scott's Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda, marked pre-eminence over all other forms of nourishment employed in medical practice."
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Scrofula depresses the vital energies, and thus leaves its victims far more subject to disease and its fatal results than are healthy constitutions.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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"Scrofula, fever, consumption, rheumatism or small-pox never produced pain or inharmony."
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Scrofula, and at this period had a tumour about the size of a hen's egg on each breast; she had also _twenty_ ulcers on the breast and neck, besides _twelve_ ulcers on the right arm: she had been in this state upwards of two years; but by a steady perseverance in the use of the medicines, and under the directions of J. Kent, she received a perfect cure.
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Scrofula and its parasite kin are domesticated in the debilitated blood, and pills, calomel, and death jointly contend for the prolific cradle, and even when temporarily defeated succeed in transforming childhood into unlovely age, without the long interval of intermediate active, zestful manhood.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 12, December, 1889 Various
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In the lungs, Scrofula produces tubercles, and finally
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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