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cafily, except that of blood ; and, which is an important 

 circumftanee in their favour, they never fuffer from tiic 

 terrors of a diftratled imagination. Their fpirits are hvely 

 and equal ; they quickly forget their palt fuffcrings, and 

 never anticipate the future. In confequencc of thefe ad- 

 vantages, children recover from difcafes, under fuch unfa- 

 vourable circuni fiances as are never furvived by adults. If 

 they vvafle more quickly under ficknefs, their recovery from 

 it is quick in proportion, and generally more complete than 

 in older people ; as difcafes feldom leave thofe baneful efteds 

 on their conilitutions fo frequent in adults. In Ihort, a phy- 

 fician ought fcarce ever to defpair of a child's life, while 

 it continues to breathe." 



The plan of treatment to be purfued in this difeafe, mud 

 be founded very much on the fame principles as that of 

 fcrofula in general, modified, however, in fome degree, by 

 its peculiar feat, and by the funftions of the parts affefted. 

 It is chiefly in the earlier ilages that we can expetl much 

 efficacy from an alterative courfe of remedies in the re- 

 moval of the glandular obftruftions. As there is often much 

 ambiguity between the fymptoms of this difeafe and thofe 

 occafioned by the prefence of tiie round worm in the intef- 

 tines, we fhould firft fatisfy ourfelves that this is not the fole 

 caufe of the diforder. In both difeafes there is a tumid 

 belly, and emaciated extremities : fo that the chief ground 

 of dillinftion is derived from the effeft of ftrong purgatives, 

 which bring away worms in the one cafe, and none in the 

 other. It is obferved by Dr. Baillie, that ilartings and 

 grinding of the teeth during fleep, occur very commonly 

 in worms, but are rarely obferved as fymptoms of fcrofulous 

 enlargement of the mefenteric glands. Some difcrimination, 

 likewife, between the two difeales, may fometimes be derived 

 from examining ftritlly into the nature of the conftitution. 

 If decided marks of fcrofula fliew themfelves in an external 

 part of the body, they will lead a praftitioner more fatisfac- 

 torily to the opinion, that the mefenteric glands are alfo 

 affeiied with the fame difeafe. 



The principal alterative remedy on which any dependence 

 can be placed is mercury, particularly in '^'le form of calo- 

 mel ; half a grain, or a grain of which, may be given two or 

 three times a week, in conjunftion with, or fucceeded by, 

 fome mild purgative. On the intermediate days, fmall dofes 

 of alkalies, with rhubarb, may be exhibited. Great atten- 

 tion (hould, at all times, be paid to the (late of the bowels, 

 which fhould be kept freely open : while the acrimony of 

 their contents fhould be counterafted by abforbents, fuch as 

 magnefia, when there is no diarrhoea, or by prepared chalk, 

 or gentle aftringents, in fmall dofes, when this latter Ifate 

 prevails. For the removal of fever, the fame means are to 

 be employed as have already been pointed out when treat- 

 ing of the infantile remitting fever, under the head of Dif- 

 eafes of Infants. The calomel, combined with purgatives, 

 may be continued, for feveral weeks, till a favourable change 

 has been efFefted in the fize and hardnefs of the belly. The 

 milder vegetable tonics, fuch as chamomile, or cafcarilla, 

 may then be tried, and according as the conftitution will 

 bear them, preparations of iron fhould be given, in order to 

 flrengthen the digeftive organs, and the fyftem in general. 

 Together with thefe means, every circumilance which can 

 contribute to general health fhould be attended to. Pure air, 

 regular exercife, gentle friftions of the body and limbs, an 

 eafy drefs, frequent wafhing of the whole body with foap 

 and warm water in young children, or the cold bath in older 

 children, and efpecially a light and nutritious diet, with fuch 

 mild aromatics as may affift digeftion, are fome of the prin- 

 cipal and moil effeftual means of fecuring the ground that 

 has been gained, and of preventing a retiurn, as well as 



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guarding againft an attack, of the difeafe. For greater de- 

 tails on thefe points, fee Difeafes of Infants, and Scro- 

 fula. 



TABEYRO, in Geography, a town of Spain, in Ga- 

 hcia ; 5 miles S.E. of St. Jago. 



TAI5IANA, m /Indent Geography, an ifland of the Per- 

 fian gulf, near and well of the ifle of Sophthc, and over- 

 againil the promontory of Taoee. 



Tabiana, in Geography, a town of the duchy of Parma ; 

 1 3 miles W. of Parina. 



TABIDIUM, in ylnciait Geography, a town in the in. 

 terior of Africa, towards the fource of the river Bagrada. 



TABILLOLA, in Geography, a town on the foutli 

 coafl of the ifland of Machian. N. lat. 0° 13'. E. long. 

 127° 21'. 



TABINSK, a town of RufTia, in tiie government of 

 Upha, on the Bielaia ; 40 miles S. of Uphj. N. lat. 54". 

 E. long. 56" 14'. 



TABLADA, a town of South America, in the pro- 

 vince of Carthagena ; 80 miles S. of Mompox. 



TABLANATZ, a town of lilria ; 24 miles N.E. of 

 Pedena. 



TABLAS, one of the Philippine iflands, about 25 miles 

 long from north to fouth, but narrow and interfered by a 

 deep bay on the eaft and well coails. N. lat. 12° 30'. E. 

 long. 121° 40'. 



TABLATURE, in Anatomy, a divifion or parting of 

 the fl<ull into two tables. 



Tablature, Tablalura, in Mufic, in general, is when 

 to exprefs the founds or notes of a compofition, wc ufe let- 

 ters of the alphabet, or cyphers, or any other charafters not 

 ufed in the modern mufic. 



Tablature, in its llridler fenfe, is the manner of writing 

 a piece for the lute, theorbo, guitarre, bafs viol, or the 

 like ; which is done by writing on feveral parallel lines (each 

 of which reprefents a llring of the inllrument) certain letters 

 of the alphabet, referring to the frets on the neck of the in- 

 ftrument : of which A marks, that the ftring is to be ftruck 

 open, ;'. e. without putting the finger of the left hand on the 

 head ; B fhews, that one of the fingers is to be put on the 

 firfl Hop ; C, on the fecond ; D, on the third, &c. 



The time of the notes is fignified by marks over the letters 

 of a hooked form, that anfwer to the minim, crotchet, 

 quaver, &c. in the French tablature ; but the Italians and 

 Spaniards, till of late yeai's, made ufe of figures inllead of 

 letters. 



The tablature of the lute is ufually \vritten in letters of 

 the alphabet, and that of the harpfichord in the common 

 notes. 



TABLE, Tabula, a moveable, ufually made of wood, 

 or ftone iupported on pillars, or the like; for the com- 

 modious reception of tilings placed upon it. 



Mofes made a table, in the tabernacle, for laying the 

 fhew-bread upon, defcribed by Pliilo Juda:us as two cubits 

 long, one broad, and one and a half high. 



Among Ciu-iftians, the table, or Lord's table, fignifies the 

 facrament of the Lord's fupper. See Communion. 



Table, Round, Knights of the Round Table, a military 

 order fuppofed to have been inilituted by Artliur, the firlt 

 king of the Britons, in the year 516. 



They are faid to have been twenty-four in number ; all 

 feledled from among the braveft of the nation. 



The round table, which gave them their title, was aji 

 invention of that prince, to avoid difputes about tiic upper 

 and lower end, and to take away all emulation as to places. 



Lefley allures us, he faw the table at Wincheller ; .it 

 leaft, he fays, if he might believe the keepers of it, who itul 



ihew 



