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To: out_of_the_loop who wrote (1908)	7/11/1999 6:29:00 PM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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.

To: out_of_the_loop who wrote (1908)	7/11/1999 6:49:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

For the riddle, I presume you mean silver nitrate, but I fail to see the connection (I am not an MD, after all), but you are missing my point. There is a development that from the economic point of view is important, and these are homeopatic drugs and "medicines" and natural substances and even magnets. Some of them are faddish, some of them are not. I do not know the difference between the Zn based preparation GUMM has and the one QGLY had, if there is any. I think the success or lack thereof will be more a marketing issue than an "Effectiveness" issue, and since we are dealing with stocks, I stated that even if that preparation's effects are purely placebo like, even a placebo will create enough anecdotal "proofs" that with a good marketing campaign could be a success. If there is no marketing muscle behind it, it could be extremely effective clinically, and still be a flop commercially. All I wanted to address, is the risk of shorting this one until one can really measure its success, particularly in view of the fact that from a financial point of view there are really no time bombs on the balance sheet, except a "pricing period" in mid 2001 for the debentures. Zeev