“Shocking Case: Man’s Skull Disintegrates from Radium Poisoning” – ScienceAlert
Move aside, bleach and chloroquine. Snake oil from the past has set a high bar with one tragic case that ended in a man’s death from radiation poisoning in 1932. The victim, Eben Byers, was consuming a “miracle” tonic called Radithor, which had radium as the active ingredient. This radium, a product of the radioactive …