Radithor was a radioactive patent medicine brand of distilled water containing at least 1 microcurie (37 kBq) each of the radium-226 and 228 isotopes, sold in ⁄ US fl oz (15 mL) bottles.

Bailey Radium Laboratories, the corporation through which William Bailey produced and distributed Radithor, was located at 336 Main Street in East Orange, New Jersey. They seem to have operated …

Sep 29, 2025 · He died in 1932 of massive radiation poisoning; the Radithor had eaten through his skeleton. Developed in the 1920s, Radithor claimed to cure everything from acne to heart disease.

While most quack medicines were ineffective but ultimately harmless, Radithor would prove to be deadly. Bailey created it by dissolving high concentrations of radium 226 and 228 isotopes into …

Jul 20, 2022 · When Bailey introduced Radithor, a radioactive medication, in 1918, he advertised it as “A Cure for the Living Dead ” and “Perpetual Sunshine”. The fact that this medication purportedly …

Meanwhile, a full investigation run by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was underway based on the fact that Radithor was one of the few patent medicines that actually contained a significantly high …

Dec 5, 2023 · The patient in question was Eben Byers, and he was so taken with a "miracle" tonic named Radithor that he dosed himself with it several times a day. The problem? The active …

Jun 2, 2022 · The name Radithor was derived from its two active ingredients. Rad stood for radium. Thor stood for mesothorium.

Radithor was a radioactive patent medicine that was touted as a metabolic stimulant and aphrodisiac. We have obtained several original samples of Radithor and have used these historical specimens …

Radithor was created in the 1920s by W.J.A. Bailey of New Jersey as "A Cure for the Living Dead." Consisting of a mixture of distilled water and radium, it eluded FDA regulation (since the ingredients …