Regarding the cancer of the colon, perhaps the nephew could try high colonics of colloidal silver. I have used it for sore throat and upper respiratory infection. When I was a child 60 years ago, my doctor used to dip cotton swabs in a brown liquid called Argerol (undoubtedly a silver containing medication) then she would push them gently into my nose and have me lie down for 15 minutes before removing the swabs. this was treatment for cold or flu, “the grip”. It didn’t hurt me and might even have helped keep me from getting a pulmonary infection.
Some birth certificates have a spot for “Eye treatment” or somesuch.
The reason is, it is not uncommon for newborn children to contract eye infections, which may be serious, from passing through the birth canal.
So it is routine to administer a topical type antibiotic to the eyes and eye regions of newborns.
My birth certificate has such a slot. It has an entry typed in:
AgNO3
I think the use of Silver Nitrate has declined because it can be somewhat harsh on tissues. But no matter what, it is a powerful, powerful antibiotic.
I’m not nearly old enough to have experienced that, but I don’t doubt it was helpful on some level, the name implies the presence of silver. Secondary bacterial infection is often more of a problem than the virus itself.
My own grandmother was widely renowned for having “saved” quite a few people during the big Spanish Influenza outbreak in the late teens. She never contracted it herself, but did go house to house in her rural community with an old, handed down preparation that is reputedly indian in origin. Pine needles, wild plants, that sort of thing. I’ve seen the “recipe” for it before, the handwritten original, on an old brown piece of paper, is in the possesion of an older relative. I’ve asked that it be left to me.