Based on Byers’ self-reported RadiThor consumption, Evans’ model had predicted that Byers’ body would contain about 100,000 becquerel of radioactivity. (“Becquerel” is an international ...

For a time, anyway. After Eben’s death Radithor was eventually shut down, and the incident helped lead to increased awareness of the need for consumer protection laws, which eventually resulted ...

He hurt his arm. His Pittsburgh physiotherapist, Dr. Charles Clinton Moyar, prescribed a patented drink called ”Radithor.” It was distilled water containing traces of radium and mesothorium ...

Out of this ignorance, some companies started selling radioactive products like soap, toothpaste, and — perhaps most famously — the energy drink called Radithor. Here's what Radithor did to ...

His doctor prescribed him a drink called Radithor (Radium diluted in water) telling him it would help with the pain. Mr Byers quickly hooked on to the drink and started drinking several bottles a ...

At a loss, one of Byers's physicians suggested he try a new patent medicine called Radithor. Manufactured by Bailey Radium Laboratory in New Jersey, each bottle of Radithor was guaranteed to ...

2."In the early 20th century, William J. A. Bailey started producing an energy drink called Radithor. He had no medical license, and was not a chemist. To make Radithor, he dissolved radium ...

One of these energy-containing products was RadiThor. This energy drink was simply radium dissolved in water. It was sold in the 1920s in one-ounce bottles costing about US$1 each ($15 in 2016 ...