I don't see how this is possible. How could one make a needle out of silver
nitrate?  Silver nitrate is a crystalline salt, just like sodium chloride. I
see no way one could fabricate a needle out of it, and if they did, it would
break with the slightest pressure, and would dissolve instantly when it hit
any water or water based substance.

Marshall

"Jonathan B. Britten" wrote:

> If memory serves me,  a sliver nitrate needle broke off during some
> kind of surgical therapy here in Japan;  the patient died as a result;
> silver nitrate was the cause.    This may be in the archives. . . .
> the article itself though was a bit unclear.
>
> On Sunday, Nov 14, 2004, at 17:40 Asia/Tokyo, Mike Monett wrote:
>
> > Re: CS>FerroFluids
> > From: Jonathan B. Britten
> > Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:19:19
> >
> >   Good Morning Jonathan,
> >
> >   I will reply to both of your messages here.
> >
> >> Gentleman:
> >
> >> I am  a  layman and this is a bit out of  my  territory.  I should
> >> note, however, that in my various and sundry readings about  CS, I
> >> learned that  silver  nitrate is deadly. Why  in  the  world would
> >> anyone be considering using that in vivo? Or did Quinto  care only
> >> about in vitro results? I apologize for lacking time to  read this
> >> myself just now, but I wish to make sure list members are aware of
> >> the toxicity issues, as I initially was not.
> >
> >> JBB
> >
> >   Silver nitrate  is  not  quite  as  deadly  as  your  readings might
> >   suggest. For  a long time, it was placed in newborns eyes  to combat
> >   infections that  cause blindness. This made the  babies  eyes black,
> >   and a doctor or nurse could easily tell which newborns received it.
> >
> >   Until a while ago, it was required by law, but newer  substances are
> >   now recommended that are not as damaging to tissue.
> >
> >   I find  with  very few exceptions that  most  commercial  vendors do
> >   whatever is  needed to sell their product. Whether their  claims are
> >   true or not makes little difference, since newcomers have no  way to
> >   determine who  is telling the truth. It's pretty much the  same with
> >   other medicines such as those advertised on tv.
> >
> >   Re: CS>FerroFluids
> >   From: Jonathan B. Britten
> >   Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:14:45
> >
> >> Mike,
> >
> >> Your message suggests that CS would be useful in fighting NF. Have
> >> you suggested  this to the NNFF organization, or are  they already
> >> aware of  CS? The Cassi Moore page makes no mention of CS;  I have
> >> not read further.
> >
> >> JBB
> >
> >   I have given up trying to spread the message about cs to the medical
> >   establishment. Without  FDA  approval, no doctor  would  think about
> >   using cs even if it raised people from the dead.
> >
> >   Curing people  is  not   in   the   best  interests  of  the medical
> >   establishment. Keeping people barely alive so they can be billed for
> >   treatment is much more profitable.
> >
> >   However, I am finding a great deal of interest in using cs  to treat
> >   racehorses. Hopefully  this might spill over to the owners  using it
> >   also and telling their friends about it.
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> >
> > Mike Monett
> >
> >
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