Thanks, Ivan. I appreciate the information. Katie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivan Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 3:49 AM Subject: CS>AMG silver amplification...was :Sorting out silver issues
> 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. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
