Radithor was a patent medicine that is a well-known example of radioactive quackery. It consisted of triple-distilled water containing at a minimum 1 microcurie...

1906 U.S. Amateur in golf. He died from jawbone cancer after consuming 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...

golfer and industrialist Eben Byers in 1932, after taking large doses of Radithor, a radioactive patent medicine containing radium, over several years. His...

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...

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...

preposterous claims (see below) that were neither scientific nor verifiable. Radithor, a well known patent medicine or snake oil, is possibly the best known...

steel heir Eben McBurney Byers was a supporter of the popular radium water Radithor, developed by the medical con artist William J. A. Bailey. Byers contracted...

socialite and industrialist died after drinking excessive quantities of Radithor, a patent medicine that contained 2 microcuries of radium. He drank a total...

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...

such as Radium Brand Creamery Butter did not actually contain any radium. Radithor, an "energy drink" of distilled water with traces of radium, was marketed...

discovered they could have serious adverse health effects. (See, for instance, Radithor or Revigator types of "radium water" or "Standard Radium Solution for Drinking"...

gruesome death caused by consumption of the radioactive patent medicine Radithor. John Caldwell Jr. (1827–1902), George Westinghouse partner and member...

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...

McKinley Nightshirt" December 7, 2010 (2010-12-07) 7 7 "Greensboro Lunch; Radithor; WWII U-boat" December 14, 2010 (2010-12-14) 8 8 "Rosa Parks; Eliot Ness;...

people in the 1930s, including Eben Byers in 1932 from the ingestion of radithor and many women, some known as The Radium Girls, to making the FDA into...

level – USA – radium poisoning Eben Byers ingested almost 1400 bottles of Radithor, a radioactive patent medicine, leading to his death in 1932. He is buried...

carry out the experiment. Background radiation Dose fractionation Hormesis Radithor Linear no-threshold model Petkau effect Radioresistance Ramsar, Mazandaran...

Bailey 1933–2021 lawyer Attended College William J. A. Bailey 1884–1949 Radithor scandal Attended College Andrew Beyer born 1943 horse racing expert Attended...

Many other quack cures and patent medicines were sold on the market. Radithor, a solution of radium salts, was claimed by its developer William J. A...

tangent in the episode featuring a can of soda about radioactive soda called Radithor. The A.V. Club included the podcast on their list of the podcasts that...

many of its women users to go blind. Also legal under the old law was Radithor, a “radium-containing tonic that sentenced users to a slow and painful...

of Eben Byers, who died in March 1932, after taking over 1,000 doses of Radithor, received considerable publicity and alerted the general public to the...