In a message dated 09/18/2000 13:18:27 Central Daylight Time, mdud...@execonn.com writes:
<< They thought putting leaches on people was helpful too. >> Wellll, now, don't despise the lowly leeches. They were as helpful at one time in the absense of modern modalities as puking 'em and purging 'em. Leeches inject a substance called heparin (a natural blood thinner) which is still used in medicine. In medical folklore common cures derived from natural sources. In the forties lipstick dye was still made from cochineal or bugs' blood. That's not saying I want a bunch of creepy critter parasites crawling around inside me. Gotta draw the line somewhere. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>