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Radithor was a
radioactive patent medicine brand of
distilled water containing at
least 1
microcurie (37 kBq) each of the radium-226 and 228 isotopes,...
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Amateur in golf. He died from
jawbone cancer after consuming 1400
bottles of
Radithor, a
patent medicine made from
radium salts dissolved in water. The son of...
- sale of
Radithor, a well
known patent medicine/snake oil that is
possibly the best
known example of
radioactive quackery.
Bailey created Radithor by dissolving...
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golfer and
industrialist Eben
Byers in 1932,
after taking large doses of
Radithor, a
radioactive patent medicine containing radium, over
several years. His...
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shared the
surname of
Pierre and
Marie Curie but had no
connection to them.
Radithor, a
solution of
radium salts,
which was
claimed by its
developer William...
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socialite and
industrialist died
after drinking excessive quantities of
Radithor, a
patent medicine that
contained 2
microcuries of radium. He
drank a total...
- 20th
century whose main
ingredients were calf's brain,
sugar and milk.
Radithor:
American socialite Eben
Byers died of radiation-induced
cancer in 1932...
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preposterous claims (see below) that were
neither scientific nor verifiable.
Radithor, a well
known patent medicine or
snake oil, is
possibly the best known...
- that it had a lead spout), vanadium, and
uranium that pose a
health risk.
Radithor Radioactive quackery Ross Mullner.
Deadly glow: the
radium dial worker...
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discovered they
could have
serious adverse health effects. (See, for instance,
Radithor or
Revigator types of "radium water" or "Standard
Radium Solution for Drinking"...
