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We'd like to thank Luciteria for the loan of the element samples and the display in today’s episode. To learn more please check them out here: I already own a lot of these. After its discovery by Marie Curie, the radioactive element radium was incorporated into everything as a “cure all.” The most famous was RADITHOR, a radium-infused tonic that claimed to treat over 150 different ailments. Eben Byers would drink over 1,000 bottles of Radithor in three years. This episode of [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] explains how Byers’ resulting death would change an entire industry. TITLE IN REFERENCE TO “The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off” BY RON WINSLOW OF THE WSJ: :// SOURCES: Radium Wikipedia: The Radium Girls book: Marie Curie Nobel summary: Radithor Wikipedia: “The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off”: :// Radium “cures”: William Bailey Wikipedia: The Radiendocrinator: Radithor health museum: Radithor PubMed article: Eben Byers Wikipedia: Eben Byers’ cemetery: :// The discovery of radioactivity: Radium Wikipedia: Radium Girls NIH summary: “Hot Bones” journal article: Radium Girls Wikipedia: 00:00 Intro 01:14 The Radium Girl 03:59 The Long Con 07:21 The Cheating of Ebenezer Byers by the Con Man William Bailey 14:15 Radium Jaw 19:07 Hot Bones 22:10 Patreon Names 💪 JOIN [THE FACILITY] for members-only live streams, behind-the-scenes posts, and the official Discord: 👕 NUCLEAR WASTE WARNING MERCH OUT NOW! 🎥 SUB TO THE GAMING CHANNEL: ✅ MANDATORY LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS 📲 FOLLOW ME ON SOCIETY-RUINING SOCIAL MEDIA: 📷 😎: Kyle 🎬: Charles Shattuck 🎞: Kevin Onofreo ✂: Nate Berger 📝: @adef 🤖: @clairemax 🎨: Thorsten Denk 🎼: @mey 🎹: 🎨: Mr. Mass 🎵:
