Radioactive Quack Cures

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/lifecig.htm
Smoke inhaled through the Lifestone Cigarette Holder passes over a small
radium source. The manufacturer noted that the "wondrous efficacy of radium
emanation protects your health from injurious element in cigarette and makes
it sweeter and milder," and claimed the holder would protect users from lung
cancer and promise them beautiful faces and excellent health
From the collection of the Public Health Service, courtesy of Ed Tupin and
Don Thompson.

Not only do you get a dose of cigarette smoke, there's an added surprise -
radium dosage.
Anth

http://www.mtn.org/quack/devices/radium.htm

Radithor was pre-mixed radium water manufactured in New Jersey by W. J. A.
Bailey during the 1920's. Bailey called it "A Cure for the Living Dead"
meaning a cure for mental illness and retardation. One of Radithor's fans
was Eben Beyers, a steel tycoon in Pittsburg. Mr. Beyers drank 1400 bottles
of Radithor and became so seriously ill with radium poisoning that portions
of his mouth and jaw were surgically removed before he died in 1931. His
death, noted on the front page of the New York Times, marked the beginning
of the end of the popular radium water cures.

Oh well at least he practised what he preached!
Anth

http://www.mtn.org/quack/devices/phlebo.htm
Anth

"Anth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/lifecig.htm

An interesting site. It illustrates well what sustains quackery. That
is the placing of too much weight upon informal anecotal evidence and
testimonial.

It was because of such testimonial that no one in the early 1900s had any
doubt that ubiquitous healing springs and spas could cure a wide variety of
diseases.

It appears that when radioactivity was found in such springs, no one, not
even the medical profession of the times (this was before controlled trials)
questioned their healing powers and this seemed to them to offer the
explanation why it "worked".

I understand that in Russia there are still radioactive mines that attract
patients through claiimed healing powers.

Peter Moran

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Smoke inhaled through the Lifestone Cigarette Holder passes over a small
radium source. The manufacturer noted that the "wondrous efficacy of

radium

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emanation protects your health from injurious element in cigarette and

makes

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it sweeter and milder," and claimed the holder would protect users from

lung

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cancer and promise them beautiful faces and excellent health
From the collection of the Public Health Service, courtesy of Ed Tupin and
Don Thompson.

Not only do you get a dose of cigarette smoke, there's an added surprise -
radium dosage.
Anth

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Anth said:

Came across this great site.
http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/quackcures.htm

Here's the scariest one to any male:

http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/radiumpouche.htm
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| inconvenience me with questions?"

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Came across this great site.
http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/quackcures.htm

How can you dare call them quack cures?????

They all had glowing testimonials.

Very good *applause* 🙂
Anth

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"Anth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Came across this great site.
http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/quackcures.htm

How can you dare call them quack cures?????

They all had glowing testimonials.

There's a big difference also, typically some of the quack cures these days
are evident that they don't work.
They people pushing them _know_ they don't work and yet they still push them
for things like diseases.
Typically coral calcium etc.
Anth

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"Anth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/lifecig.htm

An interesting site. It illustrates well what sustains quackery.

That

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is the placing of too much weight upon informal anecotal evidence and
testimonial.

It was because of such testimonial that no one in the early 1900s had any
doubt that ubiquitous healing springs and spas could cure a wide variety

of

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diseases.

It appears that when radioactivity was found in such springs, no one, not
even the medical profession of the times (this was before controlled

trials)

Quoted message said:

questioned their healing powers and this seemed to them to offer the
explanation why it "worked".

I understand that in Russia there are still radioactive mines that attract
patients through claiimed healing powers.

Peter Moran

Quoted message said:

Smoke inhaled through the Lifestone Cigarette Holder passes over a small
radium source. The manufacturer noted that the "wondrous efficacy of

radium

Quoted message said:

emanation protects your health from injurious element in cigarette and

makes

Quoted message said:

it sweeter and milder," and claimed the holder would protect users from

lung

Quoted message said:

cancer and promise them beautiful faces and excellent health
From the collection of the Public Health Service, courtesy of Ed Tupin

and

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Don Thompson.

Not only do you get a dose of cigarette smoke, there's an added

surprise -

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radium dosage.
Anth

Here's some more...

http://www.amk.ca/personal/pictures/sep2001/qmd-xray-shoes.jpg XRAY Specs
'Not plugged in illegal to operate'? Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Anth said:

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Came across this great site.
http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/quackcures.htm

OMG!!!!! Thank you! That's what that thing was!
http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/radend.htm

"In comparison, the Radiendocrinator was made of refined radium,
encased in 14-carat gold, and shipped in an embossed velvet-lined
leatherette case - all for only $150."

If you ever see one of these - it's a belt-buckle size box, wire
mesh front with an isinglass or mica sheet under it - CALL
HAZMAT! There is enough radium in there to kill people.

My ex had one (just the metal part with the radium), which he
took from his grandfather's house whne he was a kid. He had it
for years, assuming it had uranium ore or something because if
you took it into the dark and held it up to your eyes you could
see tiny flashes. Then a friend took it to the physics lab to
see how radioactive it was. Unfortunately he tossed it in his
briefcase with the final copy of a term paper, planning to check
the radiation level after class.

The next we heard of it was a few hours later when the door
opened a few inches and an arm in white protective gear waved a
geiger counter inside. We had a full radiotion control team
outside. Apparently the geiger counter's meter pegged out.

Before the decontamination was over, the guy who took it to the
physic lab had lost his briefcase, its contents including
textbooks and the term paper, and his pants (he put something
contaminated onto his chair and then sat on the chair). The lab
went through a wipe-down. The ex lost the contents of the
dresser drawer he kept the device in, and the dresser too. Every
place he had lived with that thing (several dorms) was checked,
and they even went back to the grandfather's old house.

We had discussed opening it to see what was inside, until the
physics guy suggested the geiger counter. Although it was
leaking radium particles, what was left in the box was enough
radium salts to kill several people if it had become airborne.

Tsu Dho Nimh

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When businesses invoke the "protection of consumers," it's a lot like
politicians invoking morality and children - grab your wallet and/or
your kid and run for your life.

I guess you could say he had 'hotpants' then
Anth

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Anth said:

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> Came across this great site.
> http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/quackcures.htm

OMG!!!!! Thank you! That's what that thing was!
http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/radend.htm

"In comparison, the Radiendocrinator was made of refined radium,
encased in 14-carat gold, and shipped in an embossed velvet-lined
leatherette case - all for only $150."

If you ever see one of these - it's a belt-buckle size box, wire
mesh front with an isinglass or mica sheet under it - CALL
HAZMAT! There is enough radium in there to kill people.

My ex had one (just the metal part with the radium), which he
took from his grandfather's house whne he was a kid. He had it
for years, assuming it had uranium ore or something because if
you took it into the dark and held it up to your eyes you could
see tiny flashes. Then a friend took it to the physics lab to
see how radioactive it was. Unfortunately he tossed it in his
briefcase with the final copy of a term paper, planning to check
the radiation level after class.

The next we heard of it was a few hours later when the door
opened a few inches and an arm in white protective gear waved a
geiger counter inside. We had a full radiotion control team
outside. Apparently the geiger counter's meter pegged out.

Before the decontamination was over, the guy who took it to the
physic lab had lost his briefcase, its contents including
textbooks and the term paper, and his pants (he put something
contaminated onto his chair and then sat on the chair). The lab
went through a wipe-down. The ex lost the contents of the
dresser drawer he kept the device in, and the dresser too. Every
place he had lived with that thing (several dorms) was checked,
and they even went back to the grandfather's old house.

We had discussed opening it to see what was inside, until the
physics guy suggested the geiger counter. Although it was
leaking radium particles, what was left in the box was enough
radium salts to kill several people if it had become airborne.

Tsu Dho Nimh

--
When businesses invoke the "protection of consumers," it's a lot like
politicians invoking morality and children - grab your wallet and/or
your kid and run for your life.

I could also have said:

Read the glowing testimonials, but the patient had died.

However, kidding aside, this supports the reason why testimonials are
dangerous.

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Very good *applause* 🙂
Anth

"Marko Proberto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Anth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Came across this great site.
http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/quackcures.htm

How can you dare call them quack cures?????

They all had glowing testimonials.