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Salol

a white crystalline powder, obtained from phenol and salicylic acid.

It is slightly greasy to the touch and but soluble in alcohol. It is a powerful antipyretic and antiseptic.

Salsify

or SALSAFY, the Tragopogon Porrifolius, commonly called oyster plant, cultivated to a small extent in England, but much more largely on the continent of Europe and in the United States. The root is excellent when cooked.

SAL-SODA the commercial term for impure carbonate of soda.

Salta

a province of the Argentine Republic, touching Chile and Bolivia, and nearly inclosing the province of Jujuy.

Minerals are abundant, but have been neglected for agriculture and cattle-raising. Salta is watered by the Salado, San Francisco, and Bermejo; area, 48,302 square miles. Pop. (1919) 150,796.

Salta

the capital, on the Rio Arias, 535 miles N. by W. of Córdoba, was founded in 1582; it is the seat of an archbishop, and has a seminary for priests, a national college, and a normal school for girls.

Pop. (1918) 28,436.

SALT LAKE CITY

Salt Cake

sulphate of soda, in its prepared form, for the use of glass blowers and soap manufacturers.

Saltillo

capital of the Mexican State of Coahuila; 237 miles S. W. of Laredo, Texas, and 400 N. by W. of Mexico City. It contains several convents, a small fort, a bull ring, a number of cotton factories and pulque distilleries.

Pop. about 35,000.

Salt Lick

a knob lick; a place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; sometimes near salt springs.

Salt Marsh

land under pasture grasses or herbage plants, near the sea, and liable to be overflowed by it, or by grasses or herbage plants, near the sea, the waters of estuaries, and in consequence more or less impregnated with salt.

Salus

the Roman goddess of health, public prosperity, etc.

Salvation

the act of saving; rescue or preservation from danger, great calamity, or total destruction; as, marrying money was his salvation. In theology, the deliverance wrought out by Christ for mankind, saving them from the consequences of their sins.

Salve

that which saves, mitigates, relieves, or preserves; a help; a remedy; an aid; an antidote; as, heavy damages proved a salve to his dishonor. Also an adhesive composition; a substance applied to heal, mollify, or relieve wounds or sores; an unguent; an ointment; a plaster.

Sal Volatile

carbonate of ammonia. The name is also applied to a spirituous solution of carbonate of ammonia flavored with aromatics.