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1932 Eben Byers death... radium poison...
1932 Eben Byers death... radium poison...
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April 01, 1932
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 1, 1932
* Eben Byers death
* Radium - radiation
The front page has a one column heading: "RADIUM POISON IN TONIC KILLS EBEN M. BYERS" with subhead. (see) Photo of Byers is on the front page. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete with all 38 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for the requirements of institutional holdings consequently in great condition. Four small binding holes at the blank spine.
wikipedia notes: Byers began taking enormous doses of Radithor, which he believed had greatly improved his health, drinking nearly 1400 bottles. By 1930, when Byers stopped taking the remedy, he had accumulated significant amounts of radium in his bones resulting in the loss of most of his jaw. Byers' brain was also abscessed and holes were forming in his skull. His death on March 31, 1932 was attributed to "radiation poisoning" using the terminology of the time, but it was due to cancers, not acute radiation syndrome.
Category: The 20th Century
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