A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    EUROPHEN. .my {Bull. Therapeutigue, vol. i, 1887) employs eucalyptus as follows. sty grammes of eucalyptus leaves added to a htre of boihng water. The atmosphere of the room is completely saturated. The oil of euca- Wusrpr'eferred'by A. S.Houghton. An. Me,. Ass^n, Novem- ,^e,7 188O. This writer combines a drachm of the oil with an omice of liquid cosmoline. Lennox Brown recommends the following mhalant: Oil of eucalyptus, one to three drachms; magnesium carbonate (light) thirty to ninety grains; water, three ounces. Eucalyptus is recommended bv W D Miller as an antiseptic to arrest Dental Caries. In ihe form of a lozenge eucalyptus is prescribed. Each lozenge con- tains from one to three grains of the extract, or one-eighth of a mmim of the oil. EUROPHEN.* Iodo-di-iso-b«tyl-ortho-cresol. Europhen is obtained by the action of iso-butyl-ortho-cresol in alkaline solution in iodine. It is a fine, yellow powder, of an aromatic, saffron-like odor, insoluble in water and in Clycerin, readily soluble in alcohol, in ether, in chloroform, and in oil, contammg 28.1 per cent, of iodine. It is permanent in the dry state, but when heated with water to 70° C (158° F ) or when left in contact with moisture at ordinary temperature, it gives off free iodine. One part of europhen will cover as much surface as will five parts of iodoform. (M. B., September, 1891.) It should be kept from the light, in a dry place. It is used ordinarily in the form of a powder or an ointment. Europhen is' protectant and alterant. It possesses many of the proper- ties of iodine, while free from odor and poisonous properties. General Surgery.—Europhen can be used in proportion of three parts of the powder to seven of olive oil as an excipient dressing for Burns. Diseases of the Skin.—As a substitute for iodoform, europhen has been used as an application in Ulcers, particularly Venereal and Syphilitic Lesions, Condylomata, Scrofuloderma, Lupus, and Der- matitis Calorica, with success. Eichoff, who has studied its clinical employment, says that it is without effect in eczema, psoriasis, and favus. {Therap. MoJiatshefte, No. 7, 1891). Europhen seems to have a peculiarly destructive effect upon the Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus. (Siebel.) Diseases of the Nose and Throat.—Europhen, used by insuffla- tion, is recommended in Nasal Catarrh of children. It appears to be useful in reducing the hypersecretion following surgical procedures within the nasal chambers. According to Loewenstein {Therap. Monatsh., September, 1891) europhen has value in Epistaxis due to erosion of the * Not to be confounded with Europhin (Phenyl-Ethylic-Urethane) (M. B., January, 1891).