Against an entry in a burial transcript is the word Tabe. Anyone know about that ?

The date of the entry would have some influence on the interpretation of the entry. As a general rule, the older the entry, the less specific the meaning. Tabes refers to a degenerative process with gradual loss of certain functions. By the 20th century, the term was most often used with tabes dorsalis, which is an advanced stage of neurosyphilis. The syphilis attacks (among other things) the dorsal column of the spinal cord with a resulting loss of coordination and with progression through the brain, ultimately death ensues. When I was in medical school 45 years ago, there were still many WW1 veterans living who had contracted syphilis in the days before antibiotic therapy had been developed. The neurology unit at the veterans hospital was full of them and we could immediately recognize them because of their unique and awkward gait as they came down the hall. Treatment before the 1940's was limited to such things as arsenic (we could see large arsenic deposits in their buttocks when looking at x-rays more than 40 years later), and even when penicillin was being produced in the 1940's, most of it was reserved for the treatment of the soldiers in WW2 and not easily available to the civilian population. David Coppin M.D. OPC for Cardinham and St Winnow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hill" <tphill@btinternet.com> To: "Cornish Diaspora" <CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:55 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Tabe > Against an entry in a burial transcript is the word Tabe. > Anyone know about that ? > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you David, and thank you pat & john who also enlightened my darkness. the entry was 1779 at St Hilary and the deceased; male 62 years. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Coppin" <coppin@comcast.net> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:14 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Tabe > The date of the entry would have some influence on the interpretation of > the > entry. As a general rule, the older the entry, the less specific the > meaning. Tabes refers to a degenerative process with gradual loss of > certain functions. By the 20th century, the term was most often used with > tabes dorsalis, which is an advanced stage of neurosyphilis. The syphilis > attacks (among other things) the dorsal column of the spinal cord with a > resulting loss of coordination and with progression through the brain, > ultimately death ensues. When I was in medical school 45 years ago, there > were still many WW1 veterans living who had contracted syphilis in the > days > before antibiotic therapy had been developed. The neurology unit at the > veterans hospital was full of them and we could immediately recognize them > because of their unique and awkward gait as they came down the hall. > Treatment before the 1940's was limited to such things as arsenic (we > could > see large arsenic deposits in their buttocks when looking at x-rays more > than 40 years later), and even when penicillin was being produced in the > 1940's, most of it was reserved for the treatment of the soldiers in WW2 > and > not easily available to the civilian population. > > David Coppin M.D. > OPC for Cardinham and St Winnow > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Hill" <tphill@btinternet.com> > To: "Cornish Diaspora" <CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:55 AM > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Tabe > > >> Against an entry in a burial transcript is the word Tabe. >> Anyone know about that ? >> ------------------------------- >> Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription >> information >> http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2969 - Release Date: 06/28/10 19:35:00

My list of Latin words gives the following: Tabes - plague, tuberculosis Tabum - plague, infectios disease. Cheers Pat -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hill Sent: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 5:55 PM To: Cornish Diaspora Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Tabe Against an entry in a burial transcript is the word Tabe. Anyone know about that ? ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message