This section is from the book "A Text-Book Of Pharmacology, Therapeutics And Materia Medica", by T. Lauder Brunton. Also available from Amazon: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.
Soap made with olive oil and potash, B.P. Soap prepared from potassa and fixed oils, U.S.P.
Characters. - Yellowish-green, inodorous, of a gelatinous consistence. Soluble in rectified spirit; not imparting an oily stain to paper. Incinerated it yields an ash which is very deliquescent.
Dose. - As an antacid, etc, 5-20 gr.
Preparations.
B.P
Linimentum Terebinthinae (p. 516).
U.S.P
Tinctura Saponis Viridis (green soap, 65; oil of lavender, 2; alcohol up to 100).
 
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