sartorIus

[ Lat.sartor =a tailor, so called because tailors, by means of it, cro their legs.] cle, arising by a tendon from the ilium, which it connects with the inner side of the tibia. Anat .: A very long, narrow, ribbon-shaped mus Sär-ŭm, s . [Lat. Sorbiodonum .] Geog.: An important settlement of the early Britons, in Wilts hire, about a mile and a half north of Salisbury, then a Roman station, and afterward the residence of the West Saxon kings till England became one kingdom. Till the time of Henry III. it was an important city, but it is now chiefly known for the privilege it enjoyed for more than 500 years of sending two members to Parlia America. The rhizome of sarsaparilla is popularly called the chump; one with roots and rootlets, the latter finely subdivided, is said to be bearded. Sarsaparilla is supposed to be diaphoretic, diuretic, demulcent, tonic, and alterative. It has been given, with other medicines, in syphilis, scrofula, . Sarsaparilla officinal is is the only species used in pharmacy. The sarsaparilla of Vera Cruz is from Smilax medic a , that of Peru from S. purhampuy , that of Lisbon and Brazil from S. siphilitica , that of Australia from S. glycyphylla , Many Asiatic species of Smilax, as S. zeylonica , S. glabra , S. perfoliata , S. leucophylla , and S. china , and S. aspera and S. excels a , from the south of Europe-the last two sometimes called Italian sar saparilla-furnish inferior qualities of the drug. The name is also applied to the Aralia nudicaul is , which grows wild in the United States and Canada. sar-sa-pa-ril-lin. s. [Eng. sarsaparill(a); -in ( Chem .).] Chem. A substance obtained from sarsaparilla by making an alcoholic extract of the root, concentrating, and allowing to crystallize. It forms colorle needles, inodorous, soluble in boiling water, alcohol, ether, and in e ential oils. Sulphuric acid di olves it with red color. sarş-den, s . [SARSEN.] the list of" rotten boroughs," and was disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832. Sarum-use, s. Ecclesiol.: A liturgy drawn up, compiled, or arranged by St. Osmond, Bishop of Salisbury (circ. 1078-99), and commonly used in the dioceses of the province of Canterbury. The other English uses were those of Lincoln, Here ford, York, and Bangor.