Silver Nitrate

TERRY KING (101522.2625@compuserve.com)
21 Feb 96 08:15:16 EST

Richard Farber

I tell the story about paralysis and the open cut in order to emphasize the need
for care in dealing with silver nitrate.With mixed groups ignorance can lead to
apalling errors. It may be a little OTT but better that than a dead student.

I had a Mexican student once who rushed off to hospital because he thought that
he had developed skin carcinomas on his feet. It turned out that he had been so
careless with the silver nitrate the day before that he had got it into the turn
ups of his trousers.

A friend told me the story of the silver nitrate in a cut. He said it had
happened to a colleague. It may be only an urban myth but if it stops them
eating the stuff all to the good.

Glyoxal probably is not any worse than other tanning agents. I use the one I use
to make gum prints with to harden my Gloy.

Terry King