I would say that Ag jewelery at best would have a bacteriostatic effect on the area with which it makes direct contact- as Paracelsus famously pointed out, it's the dose that determines the poison. New England Journal of Medicine had a case report a few years ago- just do a Google Image Search on "Argyria." Transition metal cations in general are bacteriocidal/virucidal- that's part of the reason why hospital doorknobs are often made of copper alloys, for example- but it's also a matter of avoiding toxicity to the host organism- in this case, humans- and the mechanism by which many metals- Hg, Pb, and, indeed, Ag come to mind, complexing with S in proteins, is very general compared to the somewhat more specific actions of other antibiotics. It indeed deposits in the skin, and it's indeed more or less permanent. When they consume silver in excessive amounts. Johnson I feel somewhat obligated to point out that a lot of new-age-interested-type persons acquire the following condition: Recent Images in DiscussionsĢ2nd Aug 2008 00:12 UTC Evan M. Currier Digital LibraryOpen discussion area. Techniques for CollectorsOpen discussion area. Minerals and MuseumsOpen discussion area. Mineralogical ClassificationOpen discussion area. Lost and Stolen SpecimensOpen discussion area. ╳Discussions □ Home □ Search □ Latest Groups EducationOpen discussion area.
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