Hi Marshall, What would have caused Rosemary's doctors to dose her so heavily with silver compounds? They must have known what they were doing.
A disease like melioidosis would fit; antibiotic resistant, usually fatal and disfiguring at best. If she did have melioidosis then she is lucky to be alive. !! Here below are some references from books on my shelf. hth Tony Moody >From : Medical Biology - Cruickshank Loeflierella pseudomallei (Bacillus whitmori; Pseudomonas pseudomallei) This is the causative organism of Melioidosis - a glanders-like disease occurring in Indo-China, India, Malaysia and parts of the East Indies; a few cases have also been described in the United States. The disease occurs as an epizootic among rodents; rats seem to be the most important source of the infection in man, and the contamination of food with their excreta may be an important method of transmission. Experimentally the disease can be transmitted by the rat-flea. The organism is similar to the glanders bacillus but is motile and grows well in gelatin at 20° C., liquefying the medium. The flagella are polar and 1-4 in number. Growth on agar may be mucoid or dry and corrugated, and on potato a brown coloured growth similar to that of Loeff. mallei is produced. Other distinguishing features are that Loeff. pseudomallei is oxidase positive, grows on MacConkey's medium and does not produce H2S. Susceptible animals such as the guinea-pig and white rat may be infected experimentally, and a Straus reaction occurs in the male animal similar to that produced by Loeff. mallei. Loeff. pseudomallei is serologically distinct from Loeff. mallei. The organism is resistant to high concentrations of penicillm, streptomycin, chlortetracycline and chloramphenicol. Ordinarily the disease develops in man as an acute pulmonary infection followed by blood-spread to the viscera, the development of miliary abscesses and death. There are relatively few cases of chronic melioidosis described, and most of these have survived what was probably an acute phase of the disease. Other cases are pyaemic with cutaneous eruptions which may last for two to three months before death. ---- >From Dorlands Pocket Medical Dictionary Glanders is a contagious disease of horses, communicable to man, due to pseudomonas mallei, and marked by purulent inflammation of the mucous membranes and cutaneous eruption of nodules that coalesce and break down, forming deep ulcers which may end in necrosis of cartilage and bone; the more chronic and constitutional form is known as farcy. On 22 Apr 2005 at 12:03, Marshall Dudley wrote about : Subject : Re: CS>Colloidal silver > Very good. Would you be so kind as to write a preface or introduction > to colloidal silver for the article I am writing. I will post both of > them, and link them both ways. Mine is oriented more toward the > manufacturer and scientific side, I need to balance that will an > expose of Quackwatch, Jacobs and information on it's effectiveness and > uses. > > Thanks, > > 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>
