Born
with a silver spoon in your mouth
This originally meant that you had a better chance of surviving
childhood. We now know that silver eliminates E-Coli and salmonella.
Both of these organisms were prevalent on non-silver eating utensils
and were a common source of infant sickness and mortality.
Every cloud has a silver
lining.
The aristocracy in Rome and elsewhere during the Middle Ages drank
from silver goblets, which were known to provide natural antibacterial
protection. Because people equated silver with clean water and
because rainwater was considered clean water, the two were joined:
silver-like water was the advantage of poor weather.He is silver-tonguedToday
this saying refers to the wisdom or cleverness of an individual.
However, the saying originally dates back to the Middle Ages,
when royalty would test their wine for poison with a silver rod.
If the rod turned black, it meant that there was arsenic in the
wine. So, if you had a silver tongue, you possessed supernatural
talents.
I wish I had a silver
bullet
These are a few of the countless sayings about silver that transcend
cultural differences. Each culture has similar, if not identical,
sayings. The intrinsic understanding of the value of silver is,
therefore, common around the world.
Today,
silver is used for its broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties
in healthcare products ranging from bandages and plasters to burn
care treatments to catheters—almost any product where infection
control is critical. The majority of Americans are first exposed
to silver at birth, when silver nitrate eye drops are used to
prevent infection. Silver is also widely used for industrial applications,
most notably in drinking water filters and swimming pool filtration
systems.
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