Dr. Harry Margraf worked with Dr. Moyer and other surgeons as chief biochemist on this project. In his research Dr. Margraf found numerous references to silver as an antimicrobial agent, and it has been used for hundreds of years in one form or another to treat infection and has proven itself to be totally nontoxic at all concentrations. Bacteria have never developed an immunity to it. Since the primary cause of death in burn victims is fighting infection, this new silver compound now enables these victims to heal whereas in the past healing was difficult. In fact, there is no microbe known that is not killed by colloidal silver in six minutes or less in a dilution of as little as five parts per million.
Colloidal silver is presently available in health food stores.
Unfortunately, the quality available to the public is sometimes in question. Although it is often claimed that the concentration of these silver particles suspended in water is 450 parts per million, more commonly the actual concentration is much less, perhaps only one part per million. The best colloidal silver is produced at the molecular level. A small D.C. current is passed through an electrolyte with silver electrodes. Minute, molecular silver particles are drawn off of the positive electrode, having a positive electrical charge.