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Radithor was a
patent medicine that is a well-known
example of
radioactive quackery and
specifically of
excessively broad and
pseudoscientific application...
- golf. He died from
multiple radiation-induced
cancers after consuming Radithor, a
patent medicine made from
radium dissolved in water. The son of industrialist...
- 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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Pierre and
Marie Curie with no
connection to them as a
marketing device.
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...
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developed persistent pain
after a fall in 1927, for
which he was
prescribed Radithor, a
patent medicine that
contained 1
microcurie each of
isotopes 226Ra and...
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decay product radon to be
recognized as the
cause of the
observed effects.
Radithor, a
radioactive agent consisting of triple-distilled
water in
which the...
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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"...
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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...
