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It is this story, of all those that I tell you here and will tell - the most famous. Simply because the protagonist of this drama is a famous and very rich man. And he wasn't even being treated with radiation, he was just strengthening his health that way. Strongly strengthened. And then the bones of his face collapsed and he died.
But as the story is the most famous and can be told for hours, I will try to tell it to you very briefly.
The drug "Radithor" was sold in pharmacies from 1918 to 1929 and contained in each bottle one microcury of radium-226 and isotope-228. The rest is distilled water.
"Radiator" was marketed as a cure for arthritis, rheumatism, mental illness, stomach cancer and impotence and was produced by Dr. William Bailey. Though not a doctor, but a doctor of law.
Eben Byers-a rich man, an athlete and an industrialist, began to take this miracle drug because one day, riding on a train to some Golf competition, fell off the shelf and his arm hurt for a while. Someone kind advised him "Radithor", he drank, his hand passed, and he began to feel young and healthy. Yes, and the potency was incredible to some. And he began to drink "Radithor" without stopping and drank 1400 bottles in two years.
In his case – advertising did not deceive. He had none of these diseases. But in 1930, all his teeth fell out, the bones of his jaw disappeared, and his skull became soft. He died a year later.
After the death of a 51-year-old celebrity, the us government tightened the rules for the use of radioactive substances in medicine and hygiene. But not too much.
