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AND ANTIBIOTIC CHOICES OF THE PAST
It had always been a great mystery during the Middle Ages that while untold
thousands of peasants died from the Bubonic Plague, most of the aristocracy
remained untouched. Why? The aristocracy remained infection-free because
their water and wine was stored in silver vessels which allowed silver atoms
to migrate into the liquid and afford germicidal action plates, They also ate off
silver plates, used silver utensils, and drank from silver goblets. The
properties of silver have been known for thousands of years.
Throughout the ages, silver was the hidden ingredient utilized by
knowledgeable healers to fight any type of infection. It was not until the late
1800's that Western scientists were able to prove what had been known in
other civilizations for thousands of years
- that silver was a proven germ fighter!
During the last century, American Pioneers always put a silver dollar into a
bucket of fresh milk in order to slow down its clobbering and souring.
Despite years of research to find a superior pharmaceutical product, silver is
still considered the most effective germ fighter and promoter of rapid healing
in cases of severe burns. UCLA medical labs found it effectively disabled
every virus they had in the lab!
Colloidal Silver was in common use until 1938. Many remember their
grandparents putting silver dollars in milk to prolong its freshness at room
temperature. At the turn of the century, scientists had discovered that the
body's most important fluids are colloidal in nature: suspended ultra-fine
particles. Blood, for example, carries nutrition and oxygen to the body cells.
This led to studies with colloidal silver. Prior to 1938, colloidal silver was used
by physicians as a mainstream antibiotic treatment and was considered quite
"high-tech." Production methods, however, were costly. The pharmaceutical
industry moved in, causing colloidal research to be set aside in favor of fast
working and financially lucrative drugs. The Food and Drug Administration
today classifies colloidal silver as a pre-1938 drug. A letter from the FDA
dated 9/13/91 states: "These products may continue to be marketed . . . as
long as they are advertised and labeled for the same use as in 1938 and as
long as they are manufactured in the original manner." Some of the
manufacturing methods used before 1938 are still used today.
CONTINUING STUDIES
While studying regeneration of limbs, spinal cords and organs in the late
1970s, Robert O. Becker, M.D., author of The Body Electric, discovered that
silver ions promote bone growth and kill surrounding bacteria. The March
1978 issue of Science Digest, in an article, "Our Mightiest Germ Fighter,"
reported: "Thanks to eye-opening research, silver is emerging as a wonder of
modern medicine. An antibiotic kills perhaps a half-dozen different disease
organisms, but silver kills some 650. And without Resistant strains
developing. Moreover, silver is virtually non-toxic." The article ended with a
quote by Dr. Harry Margraf, a biochemist and pioneering silver researcher
who worked with the late Carl Moyer, M.D., chairman of Washington
University's Department of Surgery in the 1970s: "Silver is the best all-around
germ fighter we have."
The above educational statements make no medical claims
and have not been evaluated by the FDA.
