Hmmm. I think there was some miscommunication here: (Something ... -- #1369) >A ferret receiving 2 cc ofcolloidal silver would, using simple proportional >arithmetic, be ingesting about 40 times the recommended oral dose in humans. >[Moderator's note: Huh? By my math 2.5cc in 150# human works out closer to >.03cc, not .05cc. BIG] This is a silly exercise, but Mr. Davis started it, and BIG called no, so here's how 2.5 cc : 2# adds up to me. [Moderator's note: I corrected myself last issue, but this was likely sent before you saw the correction (there was a delay in email out of here early this morning) BIG] 1 tsp = 1 1/3 fluidrams = .16666 fluid oz. = 5ml = 5 cc A 150# person weighs 75x a 2# ferret, so the proportional dosage by weight would be 1/75th of a tsp., or 5 cc/75 or .067 cc or 2/3rds of a tenth of a cc. 2.5 cc is roughly 37 times .067 cc, so Howard was actually pretty dern close at 40. Maybe BIG is thinking of cc/# dosage, which is just over .03. In any case, I'm fairly certain that dosage/weight ratios don't cross species lines reliably. 1 cc of something might have profound effects on a 150# human and have no effect at all on a 2# (non-human) animal. And vice versa, though there aint many 2# humans outside the womb. Sorry ... it's nitpicky ... but I just can't resist this sort of thing. I hope my math is better than my English. Swampp [Posted in FML issue 1371]