Scrofula (scrophula or struma)'s any of a variety of skin diseases; in particular, a form of tuberculosis, affecting the lymph nodes of the neck. It's often informally or historically known as the King's Evil, referring to the belief that sufferers would be cured by the touch of the Monarch, a practice which continued in England until the early 18th century. In adults it's caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in children by nontuberculous mycobacteria. The word comes from the Latin scrofula… (More on Scrofula)