He gives another example of a boy whose neck was affected with scrofula. Diseases seen included fever, inflammatory affections, derangements of the intestinal canal, scrofula and smallpox. Yakovlev was sickly in childhood and suffered from scrofula. The Coast Salish made a decoction to treat venereal disease, kidney trouble and scrofula sores. The illness is believed to be scrofula. It is in the Atharvaveda that the first description of scrofula is given. The word comes from the medieval Latin "scrofula", diminutive of "scrofa", meaning "brood sow". One patient, John Boardman, suffering from Scrofula was treated. But the Burmese forces had to retreat hastily as Alaungpaya suddenly fell ill from scrofula. The newborn suffered from scrofula of the breast, neck and face, and nearly went blind. For example, patent medications labeled as sarsaparilla were recommended for scrofula. Scrofula caused by NTM, however, responds well to surgery, but is usually resistant to antibiotics. Scrofula was therefore also known as "the King's evil". Infectious lymphadenitis affecting lymph nodes in the neck is often called scrofula.