All I ever heard about Rosemary is that she took silver-bearing nose drops for several years for sinus trouble. Probably not life- threatening, and nothing so complicated as you're speculation below.
They were obviously some form of silver salts, with high enough concentration to exceed her body's eliminative mechanism over time and cause generalized argyria. The patchiness on her face was caused by a ham-fisted attempt at dermabrasion by another highly qualified (NOT!) physician. Be well, Mike D. > OK this makes a bit more sense now. I wondered why Quackwatch > put so much energy into Rosemary's case. did a google on > melioidosis and got 33500 hits !! > > If silver cures this disease then the powers that be do not want the > public to know about it. So they have erected this elaborate scare > scam. > > the first one : > DBMD - Melioidosis - General Information > ... Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei). Navigation bar ... > Melioidosis, also > called Whitmores disease, is an infectious disease caused by the ... > www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/melioidosis_g.htm - 17k > > <snip> > Why has melioidosis become a current issue? > > Burkholderia pseudomallei is an organism that has been considered > as a potential agent for biological warfare and biological terrorism. > <snip> > > Tony > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ]
