From: layrton@panix.com   
      
   On 6/6/2019 4:46 PM, Mark Shaw wrote:   
   > linda.hoskins32@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> On Monday, August 6, 2012 at 1:27:08 PM UTC-4, Bill Gill wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I am in an internet discussion group and one of the members has   
   >>> claimed that the phrase "Born with a silver spoon in his mouth"   
   >>> came about because rich people used to put a silver spoon in a   
   >>> babies mouth to protect him/her from plagues and other diseases.   
   >>> I have searched the web, not extensively, but I couldn't find anything   
   >>> relevant.  I also checked Snopes and they don't have anything.   
   >>>   
   >>> Does anybody have anything to debunk the claim?  I figure that it   
   >>> won't help, but at least I will be able to say I tried.   
   >>>   
   >>> Bill   
   >   
   >> Actually silver helped cure some illnesses.  Look under collodial silver   
   >   
   > You can find it filed under Medicine, Quack.   
   >   
      
   As a matter of fact, yes you can:   
      
   https://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/PhonyAds/silverad.html   
      
      
    Rarely, excessive doses of colloidal silver can cause possibly   
   irreversible serious health problems, including kidney damage and   
   neurological problems such as seizures.   
      
   Colloidal silver products may also interact with medications, including   
   penicillamine (Cuprimine, Depen), quinolone antibiotics, tetracycline   
   and thyroxine (Unithroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid) medications.   
      
   https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/exp   
   rt-answers/colloidal-silver/faq-20058061   
      
      
   A small in vitro study showed no antimicrobial action:   
      
   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15114827   
      
      
      
   Lee "Born with a plastic spoon in my mouth" Ayrton   
      
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