<unk> ,<unk> <unk> , or weak<unk>  solution is an antiseptic. It is usually 2 to 7% elemental<unk> , along with potassium<unk>  or sodium<unk> , dissolved in a mixture of ethanol and water.<unk>  solutions are characterized by the presence of alcohol. It was used from 1908 in pre-operative skin preparation by surgeon Antonio Grossich. In the United Kingdom, the development of an<unk>  solution for skin sterilisation was pioneered by Lionel Stretton. The British Medical Journal published the detail of his work at Kidderminster Infirmary in 1909. Stretton used a much weaker solution than that used by Grossich. He claimed in 1915 that Grossich had been using a liquid akin to Liquor Iodi Fortis, and that it was he, Stretton, who had introduced the method using<unk>  BP which came to be used across the world.
Tincture of iodine
Food irradiation
Nontoxic nodular goiter
Dietary supplement
Birth defects of diethylstilbestrol
Ethylmercury
Starvation
Dimethylmercury