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RADIUM WATER WAS SOLD AS A MIRACLE CURE UNTIL SOMEONE DIED
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RADIUM AS A HEALTH PRODUCT 💧
Soon After Radium Was Discovered A School Of Practitioners Arose
They Cared About Its Effects On The Body More Than On Tumors
Their Approach Was Called Mild Radium Therapy
Patients Took Microgram Doses By Mouth Or By Other Routes
It Was Often Offered As A Cure For Rheumatic Diseases And Hypertension
Patent Medicine Makers Sold Radioactive Pills And Elixirs And Salves
In The 1920s Radium Also Came In Creams And Ointments And Tonics
Radium Cosmetics And Injections Were Sold As Well
Those Products Promised The Rejuvenation Of Flesh And Spirit
Reputable Companies And Snake Oil Salesmen Alike Sold Them
Historian Maria Rentetzi Says Radium Was Mainstream
She Says The Radium Industry Wanted It That Way
The American Radium Industry Was Led By Pittsburgh's Standard Chemical
That Company Mined And Extracted Radium
By 1914 It Had Lobbied The American Medical Association
The Association Endorsed The First Radioactive Water Treatment
One Physician Suggested Radium Might Contain The Spark Of Life
Popular Science Magazine Raised That Idea In June 1923
It Said Scientists Had Not Yet Fully Accepted Radium Therapies
The Magazine Also Noted A Growing Belief In Its Medical Use
A Year Later A Product Called Radithor Came On The Market
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THE BOTTLE CALLED RADITHOR 🍾
Radithor Was A Popular And Expensive Radium Water
It Mixed Radium 226 And Radium 228 In Distilled Water
Every Bottle Was Labeled Certified Radioactive Water
A Man Named William Bailey Sold It
He Preferred To Be Called Doctor Though He Was A College Dropout
In A 1929 Pamphlet He Advertised Radithor
The Pamphlet Called It The Greatest Therapeutic Force Known To Mankind
He Promised A Few Sips Several Times A Day Would Treat Acne
Anemia And Arthritis And Alcoholism And Asthma Were On The List Too
By 1930 The List Had Grown To More Than 150 Diseases And Discomforts
Heart Disease And Leukemia Were Among Them
Impotence And Flatulence And Wrinkles Made The List As Well
Radithor's Radium Was Called Internal Sunshine
Rentetzi Says Bailey Did Not Create The American Craze For Radium
He Merely Joined The Rush To Capitalize On It
Over 400,000 Radithor Bottles Were Apparently Sold From 1925 To 1930
Each Bottle Contained Over 2 Microcuries Of Radium
Empty Radithor Vials Were Tested More Than 70 Years Later
They Were Deemed A Radioactive Hazard
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THE MAN WHO DRANK IT 🕯️
Radithor's Best Known Victim Was Eben Byers
He Was A Wealthy And Well Known Pittsburgh Businessman
In 1927 He Broke His Arm
A Physician Recommended Radithor
He Drank An Estimated 2,800 Or More Ounces Of It
Byers Was An Avid User And Died Of Radium Poisoning In 1932
A Medical Review Says His Death Ended The Era Of Mild Radium Therapy
It Says His Death Prompted Work On Controls For All Radioactive Drugs
The Byers Story Produced Horrifying Headlines
A Recent Popular Science Article Ties His Story To A Federal Ban
The Ban Came From The Federal Trade Commission
It Prohibited The Marketing Of Radithor
Bailey Himself Lived Until 1949
He Died That Year Of Bladder Cancer
His Body Was Exhumed And Tested For Radiation In 1970
It Was Determined That The Miracle Cure Likely Caused His Death Too
Bailey's Product Was Only One Of Many Radium Therapies
Americans Embraced Them In The First Three Decades Of The 20th Century
