green soap
a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.
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Frequent washing of the parts with soap and water or tincture of green soap and water is also a preventive measure of value.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonThe tincture of green soap (tinctura saponis viridis) is especially valuable for cleansing purposes in psoriasis of the scalp.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagongreen soap is a mixture of palm oil soap and curd soap, to which is added powdered smalt ground with water.
The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus PiesseI did not use a brush, I just washed them with green soap and rinsed them in distilled water.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyMr. Killion used green soap and washed his hands, and we ran a control, both of the right cheek and of both hands.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for green soap
med a soft or liquid alkaline soap made from vegetable oils, used in treating certain chronic skin diseases: Also called: soft soap
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