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tannin. The United States also has a collodium stypticum and an ointment. From tannic acid is also made gallic acid, which resembles tannic acid but has no astringent See also:

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste. When applied to broken skin or exposed surfaces it coagulates the albumen in the discharges, forming a protecting layer or coat. It is moreover an astringent to the tissues, hindering the further See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of fluid. It is a powerful See also:

LOCAL

local haemostatic, but it only checks See also:

HAEMORRHAGE (Gr. atµa, blood, and prryvvvac, to burst)

haemorrhage when brought directly in contact with the bleeding point. It is used in the treatment of haemoptysis in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

FINE

fine spray, or taken internally it will check gastric haemorrhage. In large doses, however, it greatly disorders the digestion. In the See also:

INTESTINE (Lat. intestinus, internal, usually in neuter plural intestina. from intus, within)

intestine tannic acid controls intestinal bleeding, acting as a powerful astringent and causing See also:

CONSTIPATION (from Lat. constipare, to press closely together, whence also the adjective " costive ")

constipation; for this See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason it has been recommended to check See also:

DIARRHOEA (from Gr. &Q, through, pfw, flow)

diarrhoea. Tannic acid is largely used in the treatment of various ulcers, sores and moist eruptions.

The See also:

GLYCERIN, GLYCERINE

glycerin is used in See also:

TONSILLITIS

tonsillitis and the lozenges in See also:

PHARYNGITIS

pharyngitis. For bleeding See also:

HAEMORRHOIDS, or HEMORRHOIDS (from Gr. aiµa, blood, and bap, to flow)

haemorrhoids tannic acid suppositories are useful, or tannic acid can be dusted on directly. The collodium stypticum is a valuable See also:

EXTERNAL

external remedy. Tannic acid is absorbed as gallic acid into the See also:

BLOOD

blood and eliminated as gallic and pyrogallic acids, darkening the urine. Gallic acid does not coagulate albumen when used externally. It has been used internally in haemoptysis and haematuria. Combined with See also:

OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium it is an efficient remedy in See also:

DIABETES (from Gr. &a, through, and faivecv, to pass)

diabetes insipidus. TANN-RATHSAMHAUSEN, See also:

LUDWIG See also:

SAMSON See also:

ARTHUR, FREIHERR VON UND ZU DER (1815-1881), Bavarian See also:

general, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

DARMSTADT

Darmstadt on the 18th of See also:

JUNE

June 1815, the See also:

day of See also:

WATERLOO

Waterloo. He was descended from the old See also:

FAMILY

family of von der Tann, which had representatives in See also:

BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria, See also:

ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace and the See also:

RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine countries, and assumed his See also:

MOTHER

mother's name (she being the daughter of an Alsatian, Freiherr von Rathsamhausen) in 1868 by See also:

LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence of the See also:

king of Bavaria. Ludwig, the first king of Bavaria, stood See also:

SPONSOR (from Lat. spondere, to promise)

sponsor for the See also:

child, who received his name and in addition that of Arthur, in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the See also:

DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

Wellington. He received a careful See also:

EDUCATION

education, and in 1827 became a See also:

page at the Bavarian See also:

court, where a See also:

GREAT

great future was predicted for him. Entering the See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery in 1833, he was after some years placed on the general See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff.

He attended the manoeuvres of the See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

army in See also:

Italy under See also:

RADETZKY, JOSEF, COUNT OF RADETZ (1766-1858)

Radetzky (q.v.) and, in the spirit of See also:

ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

adventure, joined a See also:

French militaryexpedition operating in See also:

ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers against the Tunisian frontier. On his return he became a See also:

close See also:

PERSONAL

personal friend of the See also:

CROWN

Crown See also:

Prince See also:

Maximilian See also:

Joseph (afterwards King Maximilian). In 1848 he was made a See also:

major, and in that See also:

YEAR

year he distinguished himself greatly as the See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of a See also:

SCHLESWIG (Dan. Slesvig)

Schleswig-See also:

Holstein See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps in the Danish See also:

war. At the close of the first See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign he was given the See also:

order of the Red See also:

EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle by the king of See also:

Prussia, and his own See also:

SOVEREIGN

sovereign gave him the military order of Max-Joseph without his asking for it, and also made him a See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel. In 1849 he served as See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of staff to the Bavarian contingent at the front, and distinguished himself at the lines of See also:

DUPPEL

Duppel, after which he visited See also:

HAYNAU, JULIUS JACOB (1786–1853)

Haynau's headquarters in the Hungarian war, and returned to Schleswig-Holstein to serve as v. Willisen's chief of staff in the Idstedt campaign. Then came the See also:

THREAT

threat of war between Prussia and See also:

Austria, and von der Tann was recalled to Bavaria. But the affair ended with the " surrender of See also:

OLMUTZ (Czech; Olomouc or Holomauc)

Olmutz," and he saw no further active service until 1866, rising in the usual way of promotion to colonel (1851), major-general (1855), and lieutenant-general (1861). In the earlier years of this See also:

period he was the aide-de-See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp and See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant See also:

COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of the king. In the war of 1866 he was chief of the staff to Prince See also:

Charles of Bavaria, who commanded the See also:

South See also:

German contingents. The almost entirely unfortunate issue of the military operations led to his being vehemently attacked in the See also:

PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, but the unreadiness and unequal efficiency of the troops and the general lack of See also:

INTEREST

interest in the war on the See also:

PART

part of the soldiers foredoomed the South Germans to failure in any See also:

case. He continued to enjoy the favour of the king and received promotion to the. See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of general of See also:

INFANTRY

infantry (1869), but the bitterness of his disappointment of 1866 never See also:

LEFT

left him.

He was See also:

grey-haired at-See also:

FORTY

forty-two, and his See also:

HEALTH

health was impaired. In 1869 von der Tann-Rathsamhausen, as he was now called, was appointed See also:

COMMANDER

commander of the I. Bavarian corps. This corps he commanded in the Franco-German War, and therein he retrieved his See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as one of the foremost of German soldiers. His gallantry was conspicuous at See also:

Worth and See also:

SEDAN

Sedan. Transferred in the autumn to an See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent command on the See also:

LOIRE

Loire, he conducted the operations against d'Aurelle de Paladines, at first with marked success, and forced the surrender of See also:

Orleans. He had, however, at Coulmiers to give way before a numerically larger French force; but reinforced, he fought several successful engagements under the See also:

GRAND

Grand Duke of See also:

MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg near Orleans. On the termination of the war he was reappointed commander-in-chief of the I. Bavarian corps, a See also:

POST

post which he held until his See also:

DEATH

death at See also:

MERAN

Meran on the 26th of See also:

APRIL

April 1881. He had the grand See also:

CROSS

cross of the Bavarian military orders, and the first class of the Iron Cross and the pour le Write from the king of Prussia. In 1878 the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor named von der Tann chief of a Prussian infantry See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, decreed him a See also:

grant, and named one of the new See also:

STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg forts after him. See See also:

LIFE

Life by Lieutenant-colonel See also:

Hugo von Helvig in Mil.

Wochenblatt, Supplement, 1882.

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