radium salts dissolved in water. The son of industrialist Alexander Byers, Eben Byers was educated at St. Paul's School and Yale College. He earned a reputation...

ended in 1932, with the premature death of one of its most fervent users, Eben Byers, an American golfer. This history led to the strengthening of regulatory...

of this condition was the death of American golfer and industrialist Eben Byers in 1932, after taking large doses of Radithor, a radioactive patent medicine...

developer William J. A. Bailey to have curative properties. Industrialist Eben Byers died in 1932 from ingesting it in large quantities throughout 1927–1930...

health, and high-profile cases such as the Radium Girls and the death of Eben Byers, which proved this fact. In the United States, the 1938 Federal Food,...

was a chronically lethal mixture, and was responsible for the death of Eben Byers in 1932, who died of radiation-induced cancer after drinking about 1,400...

cartoonist, and artist Eben Byers (1880–1932), American socialite, golfer and industrialist who died from drinking radioactive "medicine" Eben Pomeroy Colton...

radioactive material, notably in the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and Eben Byers The action of neutron poisons that inhibit nuclear chain reactions Any...

Baltusrol Golf Club 1903 Walter Travis (3) 5 & 4 Eben Byers Nassau Country Club 1902 Louis N. James 4 & 2 Eben Byers Glen View Club 1901 Walter Travis (2) 5 &...

minister Ebenezer Butterick (1826–1903), American tailor and inventor Eben Byers (1880–1932), Socialite, industrialist, athlete Ebenezer Calendar, (1912–1985)...

credit is given to the deaths of many people in the 1930s, including Eben Byers in 1932 from the ingestion of radithor and many women, some known as The...

has ceased, albeit at low dose rates. Over a hundred people, including Eben Byers and the radium girls, have received committed doses in excess of 10 Gy...

Byers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brad Byers, American stunt performer Eben Byers, American socialite and victim of radiation...

Denver contaminated. 1927–1930 – No INES level – USA – radium poisoning Eben Byers ingested almost 1400 bottles of Radithor, a radioactive patent medicine...

period such as the Prostate Warmer. The eventual death of the socialite Eben Byers from Radithor consumption and the associated radiation poisoning led to...

Congressman Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1869–72) Eben Byers (1880–1932), wealthy American industrialist and socialite noted for his...

1907–1974 Rodney Butcher 1970– Peter Butler 1932– Andrew Butterfield 1972– Eben Byers 1880–1932 Bob Byman 1955– Jonathan Byrd 1978– Sammy Byrd 1906–1981 Curt...

understood. Curie later died of aplastic anemia caused by radiation poisoning. Eben Byers, a famous American socialite, died of multiple cancers (but not acute...

country, were stirred to action yesterday as a result of the death of Eben M. Byers, wealthy Pittsburgh steel manufacturer and sportsman, who died here...

radioluminescent watch factory. In 1932, a well-known industrialist, Eben Byers died of radiation poisoning from the use of Radithor, a radium water guaranteed...

United States. It was not until 1932, when the prominent American athlete Eben Byers, who by his own account had taken about 1,400 vials of Radithor as medicine...

J. Warner, Clarence Blakeslee, Oliver Gould Jennings, J. Frederic Byers, Eben Byers, Charles Merrill, S. Brink Thorne, Julian Curtiss, Henry Havemeyer...

Alex Smith Other tournaments British Amateur – James Robb US Amateur – Eben Byers England Grand National – Ascetic's Silver 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Flair...

arise from improper disposal of radium-based radioluminescent paints. Eben Byers was a wealthy American socialite whose death in 1932 from using a radioactive...

individual golfers in the country during this era. The team included Eben Byers and Robert Gardner, champions of the U.S. Amateur in 1906 and 1909, respectively...

medicine, tonics, body adornment, or amusing novelty. The notorious case of Eben Byers, who died in March 1932, after taking over 1,000 doses of Radithor, received...

golfer. James won the 1902 U.S. Amateur at Glen View Club, defeating Eben Byers in the final, 4 and 2. Heavy rain flooded part of the course, and the...

after the initial exposure has ceased. Over a hundred people, including Eben Byers and the radium girls, have received committed doses in excess of 10 Gy...

S. Amateur 2 up Findlay S. Douglas 1901 U.S. Amateur 5 & 4 Walter Egan 1903 U.S. Amateur 5 & 4 Eben Byers 1904 British Amateur 4 & 3 Edward Blackwell...

Harris, English cricketer and colonial administrator (b. 1851) March 31 – Eben Byers, American steel tycoon and socialite (radiation poisoning) (b. 1880) April...