Sentence:  Has humanity ever been put to a viler use than by the Banians of Surat, who support a hospital for vermin in that city, and regale the souls of their friends who are undergoing penance in the the shape of fleas, or in loathsome <WSD>pedicular</WSD> form, by hiring beggars to go in among them, and afford them pasture for the night! 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of or relating to lice.