How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the Answer (2013)

Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by Analemma_ on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:24PM (#14195037)

I found a scan of the famous Wall Street Journal article about the unfortunate fellow whose jaw fell off: https://www.scribd.com/document/188172930/The-Radium-Water-W...

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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by bluehawk on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @03:29PM (#14197151)

That was a great read, thanks for providing it! It's interesting that they mention studies in mice about using radiation to cure cancer. Sounds like the beginnings of the discovery of chemotherapy.

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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by bdamm on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @04:20PM (#14197603)

That was worth the time, thank you! My favorite: "The Federal Trade Commission, for Instance, took action against makers of potions that lacked advertised levels of radioactivity."

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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by bbitmaster on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @12:04AM (#14200354)

Any idea the year this was published? I don't see a date, and I googled the title and found several references (even on wikipedia) without a date mentioned.

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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by kahirsch on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @07:41AM (#14202177)

1 August 1990

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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by csours on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @04:46PM (#14197819)

The jaw fell off?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

Goodbye Mr Clarke, you will be missed.

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