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King's Evil

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Adenochoiradelogia, or, An anatomick-chirurgical treatise of glandules & strumaes, or Kings-Evil-swellings : Together with the royal gift of healing, or cure thereof by contact or imposition of hands, performed for above 640 years by our Kings of England, continued with their admirable effects, and miraculous events; and concluded with many wonderful examples of cures by their sacred touch / All which are succinctly described by John Browne.
Browne, John, 1642-approximately 1700.Date: 1684
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The Royal Touch / [John Lister].
Lister, John, 1920-2013.Date: 1985
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The royal touch : sacred monarchy and scrofula in England and France / translated by J.E. Anderson.
Bloch, Marc, 1886-1944.Date: [1973]
Archives and manuscripts
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M0010336: Charles II touching for the King's Evil, or scrofula, 1684
Date: 21 November 1947Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/91/24
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Physico-chyrurgical treatises of the gout, the Kings-Evil and the lues venerea. ... To which is added an essay of the reason of intermitting fevers, and the effects of the cortex Peru / [Richard Boulton].
Boulton, Richard, 1676 or 1677-Date: 1714