Okay what is the next step?  Gladys

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:18:24 EDT rogalt...@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 7/17/01 3:00:35 PM EST, gw...@juno.com writes:
> 
> << Subj:     Re: CS>Gatorade/CS Test
>  Date:  7/17/01 3:00:35 PM EST
>  From:  gw...@juno.com (Gladys Williams)
>  Reply-to:  silver-list@eskimo.com
>  To:    silver-list@eskimo.com
>  
>  New to the list--don't know exactly what the Gatorade test is 
> for??? 
>  Would like to volunteer though, especially since I don't know how 
> to make
>  CS as yet.  Gladys
>   >>
> 
> Gladys: Thanks for volunteering. I just completed an abstract which 
> I've 
> included below. In a separate email, I'll send you additional 
> material that 
> you'll be needing. Please read it thoroughly before make your final 
> decision 
> to become part of the test group. Thanks again. Roger
> 
> Dr. Roger Altman, President of Reclamation Research, Natural Bridge, 
> NY 
> [Reclamation Research, RR1 Box 102, Natural Bridge, NY 13665, Tel. 
> 315-644-4274] has been working with Mr. Robert Berger, of System 
> Tech 
> Engineering, Kansas City, MO [System Tech Engineering, 12303 E.89th 
> St., 
> Kansas city, MO 64138-5150, Tel. 816-313-7769, Fax 816-313-8760] to 
> determine 
> the relative in vivos germicidal activity of ionic silver. A second 
> goal of 
> this investigation is to determine if balanced fluid electrolytes 
> can enhance 
> the germicidal activity of ionic silver. The proposed procedure 
> includes the 
> following steps:
> 
> 1) Select test subjects who have used colloidal silver to treat 
> various 
> ailments.
> 
> 2) Produce colloidal silver test solutions that are 100% ionic as 
> well as 
> similar solutions that contain no silver at all.
> 
> 3) Issue these test solutions to participants by means of a double 
> blind 
> distribution channel so that half receive the 100% ionic silver and 
> the other 
> half receive the placebo.
> 
> 4) Provide instructions to dilute the test solution to 5 PPM silver, 
> a 
> concentration  similar to that used by most who take colloidal 
> silver.
> 
> 5) Instruct participants to compare the performance of the "as is" 
> test 
> solution to the colloidal silver they have been using.
> 
> 6) Instruct participants to mix 2 parts of a balanced fluid 
> electrolyte with 
> one part of the test solution to determine if there is an 
> improvement in the 
> performance of the test solution relative to the test solution used 
> "as is".
> 
> 7) Request participants to keep separate written accounts of their 
> observations for each infirmity treated, and each individual who 
> takes part 
> in this study.
> 
> 8) After approximately 3-6 months of observations for a particular 
> infirmity 
> have been accumulated, participants are instructed to complete a 
> brief survey 
> which is designed to evaluate the performance of the test solution, 
> relative 
> to the colloidal silver they have been using, and the performance of 
> the 
> balanced fluid electrolyte plus test solution combination, relative 
> to the 
> test solution used "as is".
> 
> 9) A Chi Square analysis will then be used to determine if there is 
> any sign 
> of relative incremental performance after eliminating statistically 
> the 
> placebo effect.
> 
> A final report will be issued at the completion of this study.
> 
> 
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