More likely gut, which was still used well into my lifetime.
As for a metal, silver would have been a better choice than gold for both mechanical and anti-infective reasons.
As for a metal, silver would have been a better choice than gold for both mechanical and anti-infective reasons.
Now we can easily claim it could have been silver or copper, no real proof required.
I'm not trying to pretend I have a better theory. I'm only trying to point out that our knowledge of what actually happened is limited and the article could be better written.
I don't know why people here seem to have an issue with those criticisms. (shrug)
Why don't people like your criticism? Maybe because you're trying to position yourself as smarter than the experts, but with ideas that take 30 seconds research to prove unfeasible.
I used the word chelation as a convenience, shorthand for "some means to remove metals from the system."
I'm not positioning myself as smarter than any experts. I'm positioning myself as critical of the flaws in the article.
>Now we can easily claim it could have been silver or copper, no real proof required.
Nobody is claiming anything has been proved. It's just a theory.
I'm hardly the only person here making that point. I don't know why it's getting so much push back. The article itself makes it clear they don't actually know, but then wants to talk as if the conclusion is certain. It's absolutely not.