This was Robert L. Berger (Ole Bob to us EISers) Dan
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Dan Nave <[email protected]> wrote: > Ole Bob wrote: > > "The History of Colloidal Silver > > "Silver has been used throughout history by the aristocracy > for plates and drinking vessels, and its use has been a > source of protection from the ravages that affect the mass of > humanity. Our pioneers would add a silver dollar to the milk > buckets to prolong the useful life. If you so choose you can add > a tablespoon of your silver product to a gallon of milk and it > will not spoil for weeks. > > "Prior to the discovery of penicillin there were over > ninety US letters patents of silver compounds for medicinal > purposes. It was during 1917 that Dr . Henry Crooke conducted > 2,000 tests proving that silver solutions would kill > almost all pathogens. Since ionic silver solutions could not be > patented, the Food and Drug Administration was moved by the > pharmaceutical companies not to approve its use by the American > Medical Association. > > "For those who want an in-depth look at the history of > the use of silver for human well being I suggest that you visit > the Google.com web site and enter "colloidal silver ." Another > worthwhile web site is at www.silverinstitute.org in Washington > D. C. You will enjoy the www.silverlon.com web site as > their product has been approved by the FDA and the AMA. > > "If the web site is selling a product be careful what you > believe about their product, as everyone thinks theirs is the best. > > "Circa 1953 there was an article in the Reader's Digest > on the role that silver played in the building of the Burma road > during world War II . Shortly after construction began everything > stopped due to dysentery and diarrhea from the water > supply. An English doctor gathe red up a number ofD batteries > and silver coins, which he took to India. > > "The coins were converted into wires about a meter long > and one was soldered on each end of the D battery. The silver > wires were placed in the Lister bags water supply with the > batteries on the outside. In just a few days the medical problem > disappeared and the road was completed. > > "At that time I was living in La Ceiba, Honduras, and our > water supply was from unfiltered, unprocessed mountain runoff > water, and I was curious about the silver process. At my request > the director of the research laboratory had his personnel prepare > twelve petri dishes for bacterial culture growth. > > "A water sample was divided into three parts. One part > was used to make a 1, 10, 100, and 1000 dilution sample for the > untreated water, a second set was made for water that was stirred > with a silver wire for two minutes, and the third set was made > using water that had been stirred with two silver wires that were > soldered to the ends of a D battery. > > "What follows are my personal experiences while investigating > the making of a silver product to be used for human > consumption. > > "The twelve samples were incubated for forty-eight > hours so that any bacteria present would grow. At the end of > the incubation period the samples were viewed with results as > listed on the table. > > "Untreated Water: > 1/1 Solid cover of bacterial growth. > 2/10 to 3/100 had successfully reduced growth. > 4/1000 had five colonies of bacteria. > > "Stirred Water: > 1/1 had a few colonies. > 1/10 had less than sample 1. > 1/100 and 1/1000 were free of bacterial growth. > > "Electrolyzed Water: > All four of the culture dishes were bacterially free. > > I returned to the United States in 1957, and in 1997 > while browsing the Internet I encountered a silver list moderated > by Professor Katherine Stevenson of the Jamestown College in > North Dakota, which I joined. > > "I soon realized that every list member had their own > special way of making what they called colloidal silver, and > there was little interest to arrive at a standard process. There > upon started my investigation of the electrolytic process for > making a silver product." > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Michael Brown <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Just curious, who was it that originally started making this stuff? My >> first experiments were the result of reading Bob Beck's literature. Don't >> re >> call anyone prior to that. Anyone know? thanks, mlbrown >> > >
