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wlien it is attended with fpafms of the vifcera, in which cafe the medicines, given to rettorc the due tone of the inteftinesj are by no means proper in regard to the fpafms. In curing flatulencies of the ftomach and inteftines, the pro- per method is to promote the difchafge of the vapours by the anus, and to attenuate and carry off by ftool the vifcid matter "which is the occalion of them. To this purpofe difcutie&t and evacuating glyfters are very ferviceable : thefe mould be prepared of chamomile, hyfTop, juniper-berries, and the Car- minative feeds, a little quantity of fal gem, crude fal ammo- niac, or Epfom fait, in veal broth. After thefe, laxa- tive medicines are to be given, with balfamic and carmina- tive ingredients ; and then the powders of zedoary, orange- peel, tartarum vitriolatum, are to be given ; and, when ne- ceflary, the pillulas de ftyrace at proper intervals. In the mean time much fervfee may alfo be done by external applica- tions j fuch as the oils of mint, rue, nutmeg, and the like, with balfam of Peru ; and the rubbing the belly with Hungarv- v/ater is often of immediate relief : By thefe means the flighter inflations of the fiomach and inteilines are ufually cured with eafe, and often beginning Tympanies yield to a continuance of them. Hoffman* Opera. T. 4.

TYPHIUM, in botany, a name ufed. by fome authors for colts- foot. Ger. Emac. Ind. 2.

TYPHLE, orTYPHLiNE, a name by which fome authors have called the fifh, more ufually known by the name of the acus. l¥illughby\ Hift. Pifc. p. 158. See the article Acus.

TYPHLINUS, in zoology, the name by which the Greeks, and from them fome others, have called the ccccilia^ or flow- worm. See the article Cjecilia.

TYPHOS, the name of a difeafe defcribed by Hippocrates and the old writers, and by them diftinguifbed into five kinds. The firft kind of Typhos is a legitimate and continual fever, impairing the perfon's ftrength, and accompanied with pains in the abdomen, and a preternatural heat and weaknefs of the eyes, and a failure of lpeech.

The fecond kind begins with a tertian or quartan fever, and is attended with a pain in the head, and a large difcharge of faliva, and fomctimes worms. The feet, and other parts of the body, are afflicted with foft fwcllings, the eyes are painful, and the voice tremulous and faint, from the flicking of the faliva in the throat. The belly and back are alfo often in pain.

The third kind is diflinguimed by the intenfe pains it gives in the joints, and fomctimes over the whole body, and often with a lamenefs.

The fourth is known by the violent tenfion and pain of the abdomen which attends it ; this is ufually followed by a diar- rhoea, and fometimes by a dropfy.

The fifth kind is diftinguifhed by an unnatural palenefs all over the body, and a fort of tranfparence, asif the whole fkin were only a bladder, containing a watery juice, though not inflated ; the eyes are hollow in this cafe, and the patient is continually feeling about the bed-cloaths, as if picking out threads. There is always an uneafmefs after eating, and frequent nocturnal pollutions.

The word Typbos is alfo ufed in a more general fenfe for Typos, to import the remiffions and exacerbations of difeafes.

TYPIC Fevers, an appellation given by medical writers to thofe fevers which are regular in their attacks, and in their general period : They are thus called by way of diftindrton from the erratic, which obferve no regular type, or determinate ap- pearance.

TYRANNUS, in zoology, a name given by fome to the la nius, or butcher bird, a fpecies of hawk, not larger than ; thrum., but a very fierce and fatal enemy to the fmall birds Mafs Ornithol. p. 52. See the article Lanius.

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TYR3E, Ti.-C, in antiquity, a feftival celebrated by the A- chajans, in honour of Bacchus. Pottir, Archieol. Grsec. I. 2. c. 20. T. 1. p. 434.

TYRIUM Mtrmor, a name given by the antients to a fpecies of marble of a beautiful white, fometimes free from vein", and fometimes variegated with dufky blackMh grey ones! W hen pure, it was little inferior to the Parian, and often was ufed inltead of it by the datuaries.

TYROSIS, a name given by the antients to a diforder in the ftomach, occahoned by milk curdling in it, from the too great acidity of the humours.

TYRUb', a word ufed by fome of the barbarous writers for a ferpentor viper.

TZANATL, in zoology, the name .of an American bird de- fcribed by Nieremberg, which, hefjysj has all over very Ion." and beautiful leathers, of a fine green, and of the mining plots of the feathers of the peacock. The upper fide of the wmes is black, but their under part is of a very fine and fhaded green. It has a very beautiful creft on its head ; its throat and breaft are of a fine fcarlet. The' wing feathers are very long, and very beautifully variegated with feveral colours. The Indians efteem the feathers of this bird more valuable than gold; they drefs up the images of their gods with them. Ray'i Ornithol. p. 303.

1 ZANGjE, among the antients, a kind of Parthian garments, aocurding to fome; but otheis will have them to have beeii (hoes fet with precious ftones, formed into the figure of ea- gles, and defigned for the emperor's ufe. Pitifc. in voc.

TZANPAU, in zoology, the name of an American bird, de- fcribed by Nieremberg, and kept by the Spaniards in cages for its melody. It is famous for the modulations of its voice, and is by many efteemed the female of the polyglotta avis, or cencontlatolli of the Indians.

It is of the fize of our darling. Its bread and belly are mottled with white, grey, and black, and its back with white, black, and a dufky brown. Ray's Ornithol. p. 305. See the article

PoiVCLOTTAAa.

TZICATLINA, in zoology, a fpecies of ferpent, faid to be found in America, and reckoned among the moll beautiful of that kind of animals. It is nine inches long, about thethick- nefs of a man's little finger, and variegated with alternate fwaths of white and red, eroding its body. It is likewife one of the harmlefs kinds of ferpents.

The name fignifies the ferpent of ants, becaufe it lives always in their neds, and comes out along with them. Ho/man. Lex. iii voc.

TZINITZIAN, in zoology, the name of a very beautiful A- mericatl bird, defcribed by. Nieremberg,. of the fize of a fmall pigeon, and ornamented with varioully-coloured feathers. The beak is fhort, crooked, and of a pale colour; the head and neck are like thofe of the pigeon ; the bread and part of the belly are red ; but that part which is next the tail is of a fine elegant blue, and a bright white, beautifully intermixed with one another ; the tail is green on the upper part, and black underneath ; the wings are variegated with white and black ; the feet and legs are grey ; and the lhoulders of a very beautiful green. It is mod frequent near the South-fea, and feeds on vegetables. It is kept in cages for its beauty, but never fings. The Indians make fevcial beautiful works of its feathers. Ray's Ornithol. p. 303.

TZT ACTZON, in zoology, an American name under which Nieremberg has defcribed a fpecies of duck, remarkable for the variable and beautiful colours of its head, which are pur- ple, blue, white, and green, and fhine like fattin. Its body is variegated with black, grey and white. Its legs are red, and is eaten as the other" water-fowl. It is common in the lakes of Mexico ; and has feet much more adapted to fvvim- ming than to walking. Ray's Ornithol. p. 299.

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