| Over the years, silver has served different uses | | | | 6. It is not only hospitals and other institutions that |
| all over the globe. In fact, even before the | | | | make use of silver to purify their water, it is also |
| discovery of different pathogens, bacteria, | | | | commonly found in an ordinary home. |
| microorganisms and their role in the diseases they | | | | 7. If you own a pool inside your house or even in |
| may cause, silver had already been used to | | | | resorts, silver is being used to make sure that the |
| benefit one's health. Here are some examples. | | | | water is clean and clear. |
| 1. Greeks during 500 BC had used silver in their | | | | It has been recognized by the New York City |
| vessels to purify their drinking water. | | | | board of physicians and even recommended it to |
| 2. Even Americans were going towards the west | | | | be an effective type of medicine, due to the fact |
| just to find silver to ensure that the water they | | | | that silver can greatly help in treating and |
| were drinking was free from diseases. | | | | eliminating microorganisms inside the body, which |
| Sometimes, people put any silver item such as a | | | | will in time cause different types of diseases. |
| silver coin in some containers and water barrels to | | | | Advancements in silver have taken place - you |
| make sure that the growth of bacteria would be | | | | may notice that most of the health products we |
| much slower. | | | | use are mostly composed of elements made up |
| 3. Colonists from remote areas of Australia put | | | | of silver. |
| silver spoons and forks in their water barrels to | | | | Silver has the great power to stop the growth of |
| avoid spoiling the water. | | | | microorganisms without having harmful effects in |
| 4. In the 1900's people began to use silver | | | | the human body. The use of silver has |
| cleansing formulas. Did you ever wonder where | | | | dramatically grown because of the outgrowth of |
| throwing coins in a wishing well came from? It | | | | diseases that are resistant to antibiotics. Nearly |
| was believed that coins made of silver metal had | | | | 95% of staphylococcus bacteria are now resisting |
| special healing powers. Furthermore, using silver to | | | | penicillin - meaning, it has no effect at all on these |
| completely purify drinks, food and even the whole | | | | types of bacteria which are immune to antibiotics. |
| body itself is still being practiced nowadays. In | | | | Not only that but penicillin is the mother is |
| fact, in Switzerland and different international | | | | antibiotics that have been produced over the |
| airlines make use of the silver purification system, | | | | years, which makes this fact a bit frightening. |
| which originally came from Greece. A silver | | | | People need an alternate solution to remain |
| formula was even used to soak catheters and | | | | healthy. With a treatment that includes silver you |
| instruments, which were used in hospitals to | | | | will not face the kinds of problems that the old |
| ensure that they do not contain pathogenic | | | | antibiotics have encountered. Even some of the |
| organisms. | | | | worse kinds of illnesses can even be treated and |
| 5. In the 1900's as well, NASA used a silver | | | | prevented with the help of the great minds of |
| purification system for their newly developed | | | | the people who started to use silver as a remedy |
| aircraft. | | | | for diseases. |