Sangster
MARGARET ELIZA- BETH (MUNSON), an American poet; born in New Rochelle, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1838. She was editorially connected with "Hearth and Home" (1871-1873) and "The Christian at Work" (1873-1879); and in 1889 became editor of "Harper's Bazar." Her most noted poems are: "Our Own"; "The Sin of Omission"; and "Are the Children at Home?" Among her books for girls are: "May Stanhope and Her Friend," and "Maidie's Problem"; "Little Knights and Ladies." She died in 1912.
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Sanguinaria
Important: Safety Warning This page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here. In addition, this page presents medical treatment from an era before modern medicine. The remedies described are ineffective against the conditions named, and some of the ingredients or doses are harmful. Do not use them to treat any illness; consult a qualified medical professional. This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon. a genus of plants, order Papaveracex. The most interesting species is S. canadensis, the puccoon, a native of North America. Its root, often called blood-root, from its containing a red juice, is used internally in large doses as an emetic and purgative, and in small doses as a diaphoretic and expectorant , combined with chloride of zinc, to check . It is applied externally cancerous growths.
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Sanitary Laws
statutes or regulations for the protection of the public health. Sanitary laws may be divided into two classes: first, those instituted by legislation, providing for quarantine protection, the practice of medicine and conduct in public places. Tenement house laws, regulating the construction of habitations , size of rooms and cubic space per member of families domiciled, also come under this head. The second class includes such ordinances or regulations as govern the disposal of sewage, the regulation or protection of the water supply, conditions under which meat and other foods must be stored and distributed, and the erection of public sanitaria and public baths. It is only within recent years that the prothem consisting of 23 men, and others tection of public health has been made consisting of three men only. These the object of special legislation, since the teachings of science have demonstrated the possibility of prevention against contagious diseases. It has been legislation of this kind which has practically put an end to violent epidemics, especially of what are generally known as the dirt diseases, such as cholera and small pox.
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Sanitation
that department of human knowledge which regards the laws of the human body, and of the a view to the preservation rvation health and the warding off of disease and death. The practical application of these laws constitutes hygiene, or the art of preventing disease. See SANITARY SCI- ENCE.
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Sankey
IRA DAVID, an American evangelist; born in Edinburgh, Pa., Aug. 28, 1840; was associated with the evangelist, the late DWIGHT L. MOODY (q. v.), for some years, attracting and holding the attention of great audiences by singing hymns composed by himself. His religious music became so popular that he published several hymn books under different titles, which are all included in church and Sunday-school service. He died Aug. 13, 1908.
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Sankhya
in Brahmanism, one of the six systems of Brahmanical philosophy. It was founded by Kapila.
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Sannyasis
(See India .) Sanyojanas are in the Theosphical scheme the obstacles which the traveller along the Path (q.v.) must surmount. The number of them is ten and they are :- 1.-Belief in the Ego as unchangeable. 2.-Lack of faith in higher effort. 3.-Reliance on ritual. 4.-Lust. 5.-Ill-will. 6.-Love of the world. 7.-Egotistic longing for a future life. 8.-Pride. 9.-Self-righteousness. 10. Nescience.
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Sans Souci
san soo-se'. See Potsdam
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Sanskrit Literature
. See Sanskrit ; India ; Mahabharata
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Santa Ana
a city of California, the county-seat of Orange co. It is on the Southern Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé railroads, and the 241 SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL Pacific Electric railway. Its public_in< stitutions include two libraries and a polytechnic high school. It has several large beet sugar factories. Pop. (1910) 8,429; (1920) 15,485.
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Santa Ana
or SANTA ANNA, AN- TONIO LOPEZ DE, a Mexican president; born in Jalapa, Mexico, Feb. 21, 1795. He took a prominent part in the expulsion of the Spaniards from Mexico, and pro claimed the Mexican Republic in 1822. He was in the front during all the Mexican troubles till 1833 when he became president. In 1836 he was defeated and taken prisoner by the Texans, but returned the following year. He was again president in 1846 and commanded in the war with the United States (1846-1848). After General Scott's occupation of the City of Mexico, in September, 1847, he resigned and left the country, but was president in 1853-1855. He died in the City of Mexico, June 20, 1876.
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Santa Barbara
a city and countyseat of Santa Barbara co., Cal.; on Santa Barbara channel, and on the Southern Pacific railroad; 362 miles S. E. of San Francisco. It is located in a region of equable climate, which makes it famous as a midwinter health resort. It is also in a section rich in agriculture and stock raising, and in the production of fruit and wool. Here are a State Normal School of Manual Arts, St. Anthony's College, City hall, Federal building, parks, a high school, libraries, street railroad and electric light plants, many mineral springs, National and State banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. There is a fine harbor, and daily steamboat service N. and S. Santa Barbara exports English walnuts, olive oil, lima beans, and citrus fruits. Pop. (191011,659 (1920) 19,441.
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Santa Barbara Channel
a passage of the sea between San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa islands of the Santa Barbara group, and the coast of California; its width varies from 20 to 30 miles. SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS 242 SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS, a group of islands off the coast of California, extending about 175 miles. They Th lie opposite Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties, at a distance varying from 20 to 65 miles. They are nine in number, and consist of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina, San Clemente, San Nicholas, and San Juan. 80,000.
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