By this proprietary designation is iodo-iso-butyl-ortho-cresol now known. It has been brought forward as one of the substitutes for iodoform. It is a yellowish, amorphous powder with a saffron-like odor. It is soluble in ether, alcohol, and fats, but not in water. It should contain one fifth to one fourth of iodine, and should not be used in a mixture with the metallic oxides and mercurials with which it is incompatible.

Europhen is employed as a powder undiluted, or mixed with talc or some neutral powder, or in the form of ointment, or dissolved in ether or oil of vaseline. As a substitute for iodoform it is prescribed in affections of the nose, throat, and ear, in diseases of the skin, in venereal diseases, and as an antiseptic in wounds and injuries, and after surgical operations to prevent sepsis and to promote healing. Dr. Szenes, of Budapest, finds it equal to the most approved of the topical remedies, in a series of comparative trials. Dr. Saalfield, of Berlin, has employed it successfully in intertrigo, eczema, and ulcers, in the form of ointment, using 5 to 10 per cent of europhen to the same proportion of lanolin and to 100 parts of talc. Mixed with collodion, it is applied to bubo. Neuberger reports on successful trials of europhen in balanitis, herpes, soft chancre, applying it undiluted in the form of powder. Jasinski has had good results with it in the treatment of local tuberculosis, and Goldschmidt, of Madeira, in leprosy. Ullmann has found it useful in skin diseases in general as a topical application. Chappell, of New York, has employed it with success in the treatment of ozoena, and has found it a valuable haemostatic.