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in medicine colloidal silver was formerly used as an antibiotic, in the alternative medicine this still happens.
Silver is used in bandages to treat wounds and infections as risk reduction. In hospitals silver prevents the spread of postoperative wound infections. Silver for medical use reduces the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria in hospitals.

Before the Second World War, colloidal silver was the most powerful antibacterial and antifungal agent that existed. Small silver particles were added to a liquid. Colloidal silver fought more than 650 disease-causing bacteria, viruses or fungi.

Very small amounts of silver found the best way to disinfect burns. Because silver breaks down the cell walls of bacteria, and the multiplication disrupts have the micro-organisms struggling to become immune to the metal.

more here: published 18 june...

[link to www.silverinstitute.org]