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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound
REFR 1.560-2.5%Nov 7 9:30 AM EST
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To: out_of_the_loop who wrote (1908)7/11/1999 6:29:00 PM
From: BDR  Read Replies (1) of 10293
 
OT- (That's assuming this hasn't become the SI Homeopathy Thread)

<<BTW, what ionic solution (probably also would be branded as homeopathic) placed topically prevents eye infections in newborns throughout the world?>>

My FP wife tells me that erythromycin may have replaced silver nitrate as the standard in the U.S. but worldwide AgNO3 is probably most common. However, I don't think AgNO3 solution would qualify as a homeopathic medication since the solution contains an appreciable amount of the active ingredient, though I have no idea what the actual concentration is. Homeopathic medications are the result of dilutions of the original medication, the more dilutions the stronger the medication. Only the most adept practitioners should use the most powerful dilutions which can run to the range of hundreds of millions to one dilution. Dredge up Avogadro's number from Introductory Chemistry and you can see that the most powerful homeopathic medications may not have even a single molecule of the active ingredient in a given dose. Poor Dr. Hahneman. He made the correct observation about quinine but came to the wrong conclusion.

I bet a lot of people can't wait for the markets to open tomorrow so we can get back to our regularly scheduled programming.
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