Chapter 10
Summary:
Chapter 10 was interesting due to its dive into living and away from death which was what chapter 9 was all about. The first medicinal element touched upon was silver. Its importance was its anti-bacterial properties. Pioneers used silver to keep milk from spoiling. Kean goes further on to explain that silver and copper are both used in pipes vital for cities to battle diseases. With no indoor plumbing, disease swam through cities with ease. Gadolinium was then explained to have massive importance in MRI's and probably part of the cure to cancer. William Knowles used rhodium to wake up people from a mysterious medical paralysis that no one had an explanation to. The world of science is basically always at the hands of the elements and the possibilities are always in the stars.
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