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LEFT SALIC 209 SALISBURY SALIC, a term applied to a law or code of laws established by the Salian Franks; specifically applied to one chap- ter of the Salian code regarding succes- sion to certain lands, which was limited to heirs male, to the exclusion of females, chiefly because certain military duties were connected with the holding of those lands. In the 14th century females were excluded from the throne of France by the application of the Salic law to the succession of the crown. SALICYLATE OF SODA, 2NaC-H 5 03, HoO; sodium salicylate, prepared by mix- ing 100 parts of pure salicylic acid with sufficient water to form a paste, and then adding 104 parts of pure sodic carbonate. Like salicylic acid it is a powerful anti- septic, and is frequently added to beers, (vines, etc., to preserve them. It is highly recommended as a specific for rheuma- tism, the dose varying from 10 to 30 grains. SALICYLIC ACID, in chemistry, C 7 H 6 3 = (C7 h 4 : ° ) " ^ 2, spinoylic acid, ortho-hydroxy-benzoic acid, a dibasic acid existing ready formed in the flowers of Spiraea ulmaria, and obtained syntheti- cally by the oxidation of saligenin, or by heating sodium phenol to 180° in a stream of carbon anhydride. Salicylic acid is employed as an antiseptic and antiputre- factive agent. One grain added to each ounce of a fermenting liquid will at once arrest fermentation. It has the power of preserving for a time milk, fresh meat, albumin, etc., and is used in the surgery, either alone or mixed with starch, to destroy the fetid odor of cancerous sur- faces or uncleansed wounds. SALICYLITES, compounds formed by the action of salicylol on metallic oxides and hydrates, those of the alkali metals being moderately soluble in water, the others insoluble. (1) Salicylite of am- monia, CtH5(NH4)02, obtained by shak- ing salicylol with strong ammonia at a gentle heat, crystallizes in yellow needles, insoluble in alcohol, and melting at 115°. (2) Salicylite of copper, Ci4H 1 oCu"0.i, is obtained by agitating an alcoholic solu- tion of salicylol with aqueous cupric ace- tate. It crystallizes in iridescent green needles, very slightly soluble in water and alcohol. SALINA, a city, and county-seat of Salina co., Kan. ; on the Smoky Hill river, and on the Missouri Pacific, the Union Pacific, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- cific railroads; 100 miles W. of Topeka. It contains the Kansas Wesleyan University (M. E.), Normal University, St. John's School (P. E.), street railroads, electric lights, numerous churches, public library, Y. M. C. A. building, National and other banks, and daily and weekly newspapers. Salina has a foundry and machine shops, wholesale stores, paper, flour, and plan- ing mills, and several grain elevators. Near the city are important gypsum quar- ries and salt springs. Pop. (1910) 9,678; (1920) 15,085. SALINA FORMATION, a name given in North America to one of the subdivi- sions of the Silurian system, which ap- pears to be equivalent to the lower por- tion of the Ludlow rocks of the British series. SALINAS, a river in California which enters Monterey Bay about 76 miles S. E. of San Francisco. It is 150 miles long. SALINE, the name of several rivers in th- United States. (1) A river in Arkansas, whose source is made up of sev- eral tributaries near the N. border of Saline co. Its course is S. E. and S. It crosses Grant Dorsey, and Bradley coun- ties, and flows into the Ouachita river in Bradley co., on its E. limit; length about 200 miles. (2) A river in the S. part of Illinois which flows S. E. between Gallatin and Hardin counties, into the Ohio river, 9 miles S. of Shawneetown. Including its S. fork, it is 100 miles long. (3) A river in Kansas, rising in the W. part of the State, and flowing with an E. course through the counties of Trego, Ellis, Russell, and Lincoln. In Saline co. it flows into the Smoky Hill river 7 miles to the E. of Salina; length, nearly 204 miles. SALISBURY, a city of Maryland, the county-seat of Wicomico co. It is on the Wicomico river and on the Baltimore, Chesapeake, and Atlantic and the New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk railroads. It has lumber mills, railroad repair shops, and canning factories. Other industries include the manufacture of flour, ferti- lizers, shirts and underwear, etc. Its in- stitutions include a hospital and a home for the aged. Pop. (1910) 6,690; (1920) 7,553. SALISBURY, a city and county-seat of Rowan co., N. C; on the Southern railroad; 131 miles W. of Raleigh. It is in a mineral and agricultural section; contains Salisbury Normal and Industrial College for Women, Livingstone College for negro students, a State Normal School for Colored Pupils, National and other banks, and several weekly periodicals. It has a woolen mill, machine shops, tobacco factories, etc. Pop. (1910) 7,153; (1920) 13,884. SALISBURY, or NEW SARUM, a cathedral city of England, the capital of