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Gold/Mining/Energy : Corner Bay Silver (BAY.T) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GraceZ who wrote (1668)	12/7/2000 3:20:06 PM
From: TheBusDriver	Respond to of 4409

<<No joke, but silver is considered medicinal>> Understood. Just having a giggle with karl. wayne

To: GraceZ who wrote (1668)	12/7/2000 11:58:35 PM
From: Claude Cormier	Respond to of 4409

You are right Grace. One of the most fascinating properties of silver is its bactericidal quality. Small concentrations of silver or silver salts kill bacteria by chemically affecting the cell membranes, causing them to break down. Bacteria do not develop resistance to silver, as they do to many antibiotics. Because of its bactericidal properties, silver nitrate drops are used to clean the eyes of newborns in much of the world. Silver rich cremes are common household ointments for burns. Cotton gauze soaked in silver solution is proving a miracle cure for intensive care burn victims. While silver keeps bacteria at bay, it also cauterizes minor capillaries, preventing blood loss, and the buildup of excessive scar tissue. Silver gauze is used to pack wounds of patients during transport to medical facilities. It is relatively inert in the human body, so it is commonly used to pin fractured bones, and sew large wounds. Silver-based water purification systems, both portable and industrial, are gaining widespread popularity.