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Definition of Scrofulas
1. scrofula [n] - See also: scrofula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrofulas
Literary usage of Scrofulas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Medical and Surgical Journal (1828)
"scrofulas are swellings of the glands, indicating only a local affection of the
lymphatic system; while the scrofulous disease consists in a general ..."
2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1888)
"Some scrofulas, however, prove entirely rebellious to saline baths, and these
should try .... and scrofulas which present chronic articular inflammations. ..."
3. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1891)
"They are troubled with fevers of various kinds, in most or all of which I found
the lungs concerned, scrofulas, rheumatisms, ..."
4. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1891)
"They are troubled with fevers of various kinds, in most or all of which I found
the lungs concerned ; scrofulas, rheumatisms, ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1884)
"Pseudo-elephantiasis should be described with lupus scrofulas», of which it is
really only a clinical variety. The principal characteristics are : 1st. ..."
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