Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II

by Arnold James Cooley; Richard Vine Tuson

table-spoonful of sago in a pint of water for two hours on the hob of a stove, then boil for 15 minutes, assiduously stirring. Add sugar, with an aromatic, such as ginger or nutmeg, and a table-spoonful or more of white wine. If white wine be not permitted flavour with lemon juice.

ST VITUS’ DANCE. See Chorea.

SAL. [L.] Salt. A word much used in compound names, handed down to us from the old chemists.

Sal Absin′thii. Carbonate of potassium.

Sal Acetosel′læ. Binoxalate and quadroxalate of potassium.

Sal Alem′broth. Ammoniated mercury (white precipitate).

Sal Ammo′′niac. Chloride of ammonium.

Sal de Duobus. Sulphate of potassium.

Sal Diure′ticus. Acetate of potassium.

Sal Enix′um. Crude bisulphate of potassium.