where Radithor was made, horse-traded his guitar ... Strangely, though many victims of the radium-tonic craze were made severely ill, some lost limbs and a few died as a direct result of poisoning ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Take a little time to watch the history of Radithor, a presentation by [Adam Blumenberg] into a quack medicine that was exactly what it said on the label: distilled water containing around 2 ...

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 ...

Factory owner Roeder and his wife swill down “Radithor,” an energy drink made ... 2000 film about the feisty paralegal who helped victims fight Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for contaminating ...

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 ...