Saffron, a. Yellow, having the colour of saffron.
Sagacious, a. Quick of scent; quick of thought; acute.
Sagittal, a. Belonging to an arrow.
Sakeret, s. The male of a sakerhawk.
Saline, a. Consisting of salt.
Saliva, s. Every thing that is spit up; but it more strictly signifies that juice which is separated by the glands called salival.
Salivate, v. To purge by the salival glands.
Dogs, when fully salivated, lose their teeth very early, and their breath continues offensive through life. The whole of the feline tribe are also easily affected by mercury. I was requested to inspect the very large lion that so long graced Pidcock’s menagerie. It may be remembered by many, that this noble animal’s tongue constantly hung without his mouth; which arose from his having been injudiciously salivated, many years before, by a mercurial preparation applied by the keeper for the cure of mange. The submuriate of mercury (calomel) is, likewise, very irregular in its action on dogs; I have seen eight grains fail to open the bowels of a small one, while, on the contrary, I have been called to a pointer fatally poisoned by ten grains. It forms however, a useful auxiliary to purgatives, in doses of three or four grains; and as it not unfrequently acts on the stomach, so it may be used with advantage as an emetic in some cases, particularly in conjunction with tartarised antimony (tartar emetic). When, therefore, a purgative is brought up again, in which calomel was a component part, it may be suspected to arise from this source, and, if it is necessary to repeat the purge, the mercurial should be omitted.—Blaine.
Salmon, s. The king of freshwater fish.
