Cuticura soap

Cuticura soap
Product typeSoap
OwnerCuticura Labs Inc. (United States)
Karium Ltd. (United Kingdom)
CountryUnited States
Introduced1865; 159 years ago (1865)
MarketsUnited States, United Kingdom
Previous ownersPotter Drug and Chemical Company (1865-1961)
Purex Corporation (1961-1981)
Jeffrey Martin Inc. (1981-1986)
Dep Corporation (1987-1998)
Keyline Brands (1998-2005)
Websitewww.cuticura.com

Cuticura soap is an antibacterial medicated soap respectively manufactured and marketed in the United States by Cuticura Labs Inc. and in the United Kingdom by Karium Ltd. (formerly Godrej UK).[1][2]

Cuticura soap was originally manufactured in Boston, Massachusetts by Potter Drug and Chemical Company. Noted Boston philanthropist George Robert White (1847-1922) was once the president and owner of Potter Drug and Chemical Company. Cuticura soap has been in use, and is relatively unchanged, since 1865.

Reviews

1894 advertisement for Cuticura Soap from Good Housekeeping magazine

In 1908, the British Medical Journal investigated the advertising of nostrums for the treatment of skin diseases. As reported by the American Medical Association[3] it was implied that Cuticura soap could be effective in the treatment of syphilis when prepared as an internal remedy known as Cuticura Resolvent. The medical community considered the proposed remedy to contain insufficient potassium iodide to be effective in the treatment of the disease.[4]

In 1914, Good Housekeeping ran an analysis of a large number of household products including Cuticura soap. They concluded that Cuticura was,

"A good grade of soap containing a small quantity of prussian blue and probably a little phenol. Prussian blue has been recommended for skin diseases. Excessive claims made for Cuticura as to the prevention and treatment of skin eruptions, are not warranted by its composition."[5]

References

  1. ^ King, Austin (October 2, 2018). "Godrej UK rebrands as Karium following JZ International acquisition". Cosmetics Business. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Godrej buys UK's Keyline Brands". Business Standard. February 15, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Nostrums and Quackery. Chicago: American Medical Association Press. 1912. pp. 594. cuticura soap.
  4. ^ Nostrums p 595
  5. ^ Wiley, Harvey W (1914). 1001 Tests of Foods, Beverages and Toilet Accessories, Good and Otherwise. New York: Hearst's International Library Co. pp. 214. potter drug cuticura.