Katie, here is a sumary of the silver amplification process. This is essentially the same process as photographic film development and fixing. Note that the success of this technique which is performed out side the body (in vivo) depends on the the concentration of the supplied silver ions the form in which they are supplied, and the presence of reducing ions.
In my opinion, it is drawing a long bow to expect this to happen in the body to any great extent. When you think that silver ions (ie uncomplexed silver ions) must contact the sub - nanometer sized mercury particles in the presence of a reducing ion, and that the concentration of silver ions will be very low, given normal dosage rates. Also note another correlation re particle size and colour. Regards Ivan. Basic principles of AMG Autometallography (AMG) is a technique whereby minute crystal lattices of gold or selenides and sulphides of silver, mercury, bismuth and zinc in tissue sections can be enlarged by silver amplification to dimensions that can be visualized in the electron microscope or further to light microscopical levels. The main advantages of the technique are its exquisite sensitivity and high specificity, and the precise location of the minute catalytic crystals that it offers. As mentioned above silver ions adhere to the igniting crystal lattices and are subsequently reduced to silver atoms. The developing process continues as long as there is an adequate supply of silver ions and reducing molecules in the vicinity of the expanding silver grains. Four toxic heavy metals have been histochemically demonstrated by AMG at light and electron microscopical levels in tissues from exposed humans and animals: gold, silver, mercury and bismuth. Endogenous zinc ions can be traced with AMG, on the condition that they have been transformed to zinc sulphide/selenide crystal lattices before development. Iron sulphide in cell cultures has also been suggested to be able to ignite the amplification process. According to the authors it is, however, a requirement for this AMG staining to take place that the tissue is treated with sulphide ions of a pH around 10. AMG has been successfully applied to silver enhance collodial gold particles bound to enzymes or immunomolecules (Holgate et al. 1983), enzymes (Danscher and Nørgaard 1983), taken up by macrophages (Christensen et al. 1992), transported retrogradely in neuronal axons or dispersed in gelatine for visualizing vessels (Danscher and Andreasen 1997). Copper sulphide clusters created as the final step in some histochemical procedures have been amplified by AMG. It should be stated that there is no scientific proof that cadmium, copper, aluminum, lead or thallium can be AMG traced in tissue sections from animals exposed to the metals mentioned. Theoretical and practical considerations The disadvantage of using silver nitrate as a silver donor is the almost immediate and total dissociation of silver nitrate in the developer. This causes autonucleation and staining of the developer within a few minutes and makes entities in the tissue catalytic. Possibly the abundant amounts of silver ions cause a binding to SH-groups resulting in the creation of unspecific catalytic sites which are then silver enhanced. Physical edges are also known under such circumstances to cause unspecific silver precipitation. The problem can be completely resolved by using silver lactate or silver acetate as silver ion donors. Neither of these silver salts are completely dissociated in the developer and there is, at any given moment, a limited amount of silver ions available to bind to catalysts and to be reduced to metallic silver atoms. As the silver ions are progressively taken away by being reduced to metallic silver, more ions will be supplied from the bound pool. In the future, no doubt, even more efficient AMG developers will be worked out. Because of the high technical quality that can be obtained when AMG is applied to cryostat, paraffin, methacrylate or Epon sections, it is possible to quantify the density of AMG silver grains in the sections. There are, however, some facts that should be borne in mind: 1) The size of the initiating crystal lattices seems to have no influence as to whether the AMG process of silver amplification actually commences. 2) The speed of amplification is dependent on temperature, concentration of silver ions, and concentration of reducing molecules (in casu hydroquinone). 3) The size and amount of catalytic crystal lattices per mm³ tissue influence not only the colour but also the density of the AMG grains. In 1911 Liesegang demonstrated that shades observed in the light microscope ranged from yellow for the smallest grains, to orange, red, brown, olive and black with successively larger grains (Liesegang 1911). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katie Jay" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 17 September 2000 07:50 Subject: CS>Sorting out silver issues > Hi all, > > I had posted awhile back that a guy said taking CS when you have mercury in > your body is not good. I finally got an answer from him. I had posted a note > to him months ago looking for further information. I would be grateful to > hear your reactions to his assertions. For one, he mentions the Argyria > thing, which discredits him, at least to some degree. Here is what he said: > > Silver starts accumulating to the very small > mercury deposits in the tissues, and the silver accumulation can grow > so large that the silver nodules become visible in microscope, and that > size accumulations were found tissue damaging in the research, for > example, think what happens if you accumulate such large nodules > in the brains and liver on the previosly very small and microscope > non-visible nano-colloidal size mercury deposits and turn those into > micro-macro size silver nodules with colloidal silver growing on the > mercury seeds. > > This method is called more scientifically "silver amplification" and > it is a known research method that researchers use to turn non-microscope > visible mercury deposits to visible ones by letting nano-colloidal silver > grow on the pre-existing mercury in the tissues. > > Additionally, silver causes neurological problems, binds to body thiols, > and can cause silver poisoning called Argyria ( Pale/Bluish face, and > one may feel very very numb in the extremities especially ) ... > > Please look into amalgam list past archives, where I have posted some > of the silver amplification /silver-tissue accumulation on mercury seeds > references. > > I have also posted reference that showed that silver triggers the H2S > production in the GI microbes, ie, one may develop nasty rotten eggy > gas producing microbial infections over the time, as microbes become > resistant to the silver. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. 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