FACTS ABOUT SILVER
Silver has been used throughout history as a disinfectant.
The Chinese and Greeks used it to line their drinking vessels in order to sanitise the water contained in the vessels.
Silver was beaten into a thin paper and used by the Egyptians to wrap around wounds to avoid infection.
Pioneers in the USA placed silver coins in their water casks to retard bacteria growth.
Australian bushmen used silver in their water tanks to keep the water fresh.
Farmers put a silver coin in a container of milk to prolong its life, in the days before refrigeration.
A silver coin was placed in petri dishes of chemists to sanitise them.
It has no known side effects.
The body never develops a tolerance.