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[L. tabula.] i. One of the two plates or laminae, separated by the diploe, into which the cranial bones are divided. 2. An arrangement of the data of a clinical history, the steps of an experiment, etc., in parallel columns, showing all the e ential facts in a readily appreciable form. 3. The occlusal or grinding surface of the tooth of a horse. Amer'ican Expe'iience t., a table, based upon the statistics of a number of American life insurance companies, showing the mortality rates of the insiired, and serving as a basis for the determination of the expectation of life at different ages. Car lisle t., a mortality table, similar to the American experience t., based upon the vital statistics for a number of years of Car lisle, England. Combined Experience t., a mortality table, similar to the American and the Car lisle tables, based upon the statistics of a large number of life insurance companies, exam'ining t., a table on which the patient lies during a gynecological or other medical examination. Gill's t., said to be the first American mortality table; it was based, however, on English statistics, being a sort of composite of the Car lisle, the Healthy English Lives, and other tables. Healthy English Lives t., a mortality table constructed by Dr. Farr, based up on the statistics of certain districts in England in which the annual mortality was 17 per 1000 or le . Horthamp'ton t., a mortality table constructed in the i8th century from the statistics of baptisms and funerals of the churches of North amp ton; owing to the error of regarding the number of baptisms the same as the nxunber of births the table is inaccurate, the life expectation being too low. op'erating t., a table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation, vit'reo us t., the inner table of one of the cranial bones; it is more compact and harder than the outer table.