Scrofulous Definition

Scrofulous Sentence Examples

• The European half-castes are not prolific inter se, and they are subject to a scrofulous taint.

• Before the discovery of the bacillus of tubercle, scrofula and tuberculosis were regarded as two distinct diseases, and it was supposed that the scrofulous constitution could be distinguished from the tubercular.

• On the Bade Insel is the Kurhaus (1872) and also the chief spring, the Elisabethquelle, impregnated with iodine and bromine, and prescribed for scrofulous, bronchial and rheumatic disorders.

• He had inherited from his ancestors a scrofulous taint, and his parents were weak enough to believe that the royal touch would cure him.

• There are two children's hospitals, the climate proving peculiarly beneficial in the treatment of scrofulous affections.