At 08:32 AM 4/9/2004 -0500, Garnet wrote:
The lethal dose of Silver Nitrate in mice is 50 mg/kg. In humans the
lethal dose of Silver salts is 1 gram. So yes there are risks for those
who do not educate themselves and exercise due caution in their set up.
And yet it's used for *external* application...
"Most doctors treat newborns with silver nitrate or other medicine to keep
them from getting gonorrhea in the eyes, which can cause blindness. "
http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/womenshealth/factsheets/std.htm
What is NOT mentioned here is that it's applied to the eyes [a doctor told
me] in some fashion that I'm not
particularly aware of...on the eyeball or what?
stuff
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