"M. G. Devour" wrote: > Frank writes: > > As far as we can determine silver chloride is found in the bloodstream > > as a result of ingesting ionic silver. Like others before us, we used an > > Ion Selective Electrode (ISE) to search for silver ions and found no > > significant silver content while the ICP/AES did find silver in the > > blood serum. We take this to mean that while silver in some form, most > > likely silver chloride, is present while silver ions are not present. > > > > To make a positive determination of the species of silver compound > > present in the blood would require a mass spectrometer (ICP/MS). At this > > time we do not have this instrument in the lab, but it is on our "wish > > list" for future acquisition. > > Fair enough. Lacking a mass spec, the only thing you can say is that > the silver is there. > > So we are left with the unanswered question of whether some mechanism > exists by which silver chloride -- or whatever other as yet > undetermined species might exist -- may form an effective fraction in > the complex environment of the blood.
YES YES YES YES! > > > And so, the advocates of ionic silver preparations live to fight > another day! <grin> Yes, if they would only realize it. > > > Oh, yes. Something I was reading today reminds me that blood is but a > minor part of the total liquid in our bodies. Everything that's not > contained within the cardiovascular network is bathed in lymph and > other fluids. Do we know anything of silver's activity therein? I believe that there is a problem with silver activity in the lymph system, but I believe that is because it is excluded from the system. Marshall -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
