One of the new antiseptic agents is iodine trichloride. In contact with
organic bodies it gives off iodine and chlorine in the nascent state.
The final products, moreover, hydrochloric and iodic acids, are well
known oxidizing agents. The strength of solution used is one part in
1,000 or one in 500 parts of water. Such a solution is equivalent in
sterilizing power to a 1:1,000 or 2,000 sublimate solution. [One
disadvantage of this antiseptic is the powerful corrosive action of
nascent chlorine and iodine upon metal instruments.]