> "M. G. Devour" wrote: > > Putting what is essentially > > distilled water on the "air side" of the lung tissues will tend to > > draw stuff out of the cells. > > You have that backwards. Pure water will flow into the cells, heavily > salted water will pull water out of cells. In both cases the water > will flow to try and equalize the solute content percentage on both > sides of the membrane.
Thanks, Marshall. I guess I was thinking that the distilled water would put pressure on the membranes to let some "stuff" inside the cells go through to even things out. Of course the water is really what has the mobility. I suppose enough water in the lungs would cause detectable edema (swelling)? Be well, Devour, Mike (the backwards one!) [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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]>
