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 and specifically of excessively broad and pseudoscientific application of the principle of radiation hormesis. It consisted of triple-distilled water containing at a minimum 1 microcurie (37 kBq) each of the radium 226 and 228 isotopes.
The time of Radithor and radioactive elixirs 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 control of pharmaceutical and radioactive products.
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...
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...
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...
discovered they could have serious adverse health effects. (See, for instance, Radithor or Revigator types of "radium water" or "Standard Radium Solution for Drinking"...
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...
gruesome death caused by consumption of the radioactive patent medicine Radithor. John Caldwell Jr. (1827–1902), George Westinghouse partner and member...
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...
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...
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...
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...
carry out the experiment. Background radiation Dose fractionation Hormesis Radithor Linear no-threshold model Petkau effect Radioresistance Ramsar, Mazandaran...
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...
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