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  2. Radithor - Wikipedia

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    A bottle of Radithor at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in New Mexico, United States. 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 (37 kBq) each of the radium-226 and 228 isotopes.

  3. William J. A. Bailey - Wikipedia

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    Radithor was advertised as "A Cure for the Living Dead" as well as "Perpetual Sunshine". [6] Radithor 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 bottles of Radithor. [6] [7] Bailey also invented the Radiendocrinator around 1930.

  4. List of patent medicines - Wikipedia

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    Antique bottles of Daffy's Elixir, Dalby's Carminative and Turlington's Balsam of Life Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People Advertising poster from about 1890 A bottle of Radithor at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History 1894 advertisement poster for Vin Mariani, lithograph by Jules Chéret

  5. Eben Byers - Wikipedia

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    Byers's death received much publicity and it heightened awareness of the dangers of radioactive "cures". [8]The Federal Trade Commission issued an order against Bailey's business to "cease and desist from various representations theretofore made by them as to the therapeutic value of Radithor and from representing that the product Radithor is harmless". [10]

  6. Radium and radon in the environment - Wikipedia

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    Eben Byers was a wealthy American socialite whose death in 1932 from using a radioactive quackery product called Radithor is a prominent example of a death caused by radium. Radithor contained ~1 μCi (40 kBq) of 226 Ra and 1 μCi of 228 Ra per bottle.

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    The Thomas family has been a key player for over 100 years as the source of eaux-de-vie for houses throughout the region, yet this bottle marks the first time they’ve released a Cognac under ...