Radiothor

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Cure for dyspepsia, high blood pressure, arthritis, impotence, decreased libido, frigidity, and other "endocrinologic" maladies.

Glass jar with paper label that reads in part “RADITHOR / CERTIFIED / Radioactive Water / Contains / Radium and Mesothorium / in Triple Distilled Water” and “Prepared and / Guaranteed by / BAILEY RADIUM / LABORATORIES / 336 Main Street, / East Orange, N. J.” William John Aloysius Bailey (1884–1949) was a Harvard College dropout who promoted radium as a cure for many common ailments.

Date Made: 1925 - 1932

Maker: Bailey Radium Laboratories

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Balm of America

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Merril Eisenbud, M.D.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.0284.02Catalog Number: 1986.0284.02Accession Number: 1986.0284

Object Name: otc preparationotc preparation

Physical Description: radium (drug active ingredients)mesothorium (drug active ingredients)water, triple distilled (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 6.4 cm x 3.1 cm; 2 17/32 in x 1 7/32 inoverall: 2 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.175 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c10a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1292455

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