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188&#93; iS8] TAP Tanner's-bark, or Tanker's WASTE. See Hot-bed ; and Ma- nure, vol. iii. p. 160. TANSY, the Commok, or Ta- nacetum vulgare, L. an indigenous perennial, gnnving in elevated incailaws and pastures, on the banks of rivers, and in swampy si- tuations ; flowering in the month of June. This plant possesses a warm, bit- ter taste; it is deobstruent, not un- grateful to the palate ; and may be used as a substitute for hops. Tie. tender leaves are sometimes em- ployed to impart a colour and fla- vour to puddings : according to Dr. Withering, its seeds are an excellent vermifuge j and, if any animal substance be rubbed with this herb, it will be effe6tually pre- served from the attacks of the Jlesh-Jiy. — Tansy-tea is recom- mended as a preventive of the gout.— -From the expressed juice of this vegetable, the Finlanders ob- tain a green dye. — The plant is eaten by cows and sheep, but re- fused by horses, goats, and hogs. TAPE-WORM, or Taenia, is one of the most tormentingworms, breeding in the bowels of the lower animals, as v ell as of man- kind, and consisting of several spe- cies, namelyj the armed and un- armed ; the long and short-limbed, or broad tape-worm j but that most frequently occurring in Britain, is the solium, v,'hich moves about, and has a regular round head, resem- bling a wart. It is from one, to twenty yards and upwards in length : the body is composed of a number of articulated rings, or joints, by which it attaches it- self to the membranes of the intes- tines. The symptoms by which the pre- tence of thiii creature may be as- TAP certained, are those of worms iit general, such as nausea; Vomiting; giddiness ; indigestion j colic ; and flatulence : the patient feels a pres- sure in certain parts of the abdo- men ; which, on shifting its place, mostly produces a chilling sensa- tion in the lower belly, or in the back. A more certain, and in- deed the only criterion is, the ex- pulsion of one or more pieces of the worm itself. Cure .-—An extraordinary num- ber of remedies have been sug- gestc-d, and tried, with various success : nor can such diversity of effr^tts appear surprizing, if the difficulty of expjling the tape- worm be considered; as, in the attempt, portions are frequently broken off and discharged : Na- ture having endowed this monster with a power of regeneration, it soon acquires its former size, and excites the same turbulent motions. We shall, therefore, state only those remedies which appear to be the most efficacious. 1 . The following celebrated spe- cific of Mad. Nouffer, was pur- chased, and published, by the King of France : — On the day previous to taking the specific, the patient is to refrain from food after dinner, till about 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening, when a panada should be, prepared, of a pint and a half of water, 2 or 3 oz, of good fresh butter, and 2 oz. of bread, cut into thin slicts; adding a sufficient portion of salt : in this state, it is to be eaten : shortly after, a biscuit and a glass of white-wine are to be swallowed. On the succeeding morning, he ought o take from 2 to 3 drams of the root of the male Fern (Polypodiumjilix mas, L.) colle6ted in autumn, and finely pulverized; pure water or tea may serve