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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,...
- 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...
- golfer and industrialist Eben Byers in 1932, after taking large doses of Radithor, a radioactive patent medicine containing radium, over several years. His...
- 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...
- 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...
- 20th century whose main ingredients were calf's brain, sugar and milk. Radithor: American socialite Eben Byers died of radiation-induced cancer in 1932...
- 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...
- called Radithor is a prominent example of a death caused by radium. Radithor contained ~1 μCi (40 kBq) of 226Ra and 1 μCi of 228Ra per bottle. Radithor was...
- discovered they could have serious adverse health effects. (See, for instance, Radithor or Revigator types of "radium water" or "Standard Radium Solution for Drinking"...