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11 Ιουλ 2022 · Byers became infamous when he developed “Radithor jaw,” a disease brought on by the ingestion of radium. Before his early death from cancer, the entire lower half of his face fell off as a result of his exposure to the deadly radioactive material.
Ebenezer McBurney Byers (April 12, 1880 – March 31, 1932) was an American socialite, sportsman, and industrialist. He won the 1906 U.S. Amateur in golf. He died from jawbone cancer after consuming Radithor, a patent medicine made from radium salts dissolved in water.
Radium jaw, or radium necrosis, is a historic occupational disease brought on by the ingestion and subsequent absorption of radium into the bones of radium dial painters. [1] [2] It also affected those consuming radium-laden patent medicines.
30 Οκτ 2023 · In 1927, he fell off abed on a train and injured his arm, which reportedly hampered his participation in athletic events. His doctor prescribed him a drink called Radithor (Radium diluted in...
7 Ιουν 2024 · Radium Girls, factory workers in radium dial factories, fell ill with anemia, cancer and necrosis of the jaw due to radium poisoning from glow-in-the-dark paint. Radium, initially promoted as a cure-all, was used in consumer products and later in radium paint for instruments during World War I.
9 Μαρ 2020 · Over time, they started to suffer from a condition called “radium jaw,” as repeatedly ingesting small amounts of radium caused necrosis of their bones.
5 Δεκ 2023 · The splitting headaches and jaw pain reported by Byers were, Manhattan X-ray specialist Dr. Joseph Manning Steiner recognized, similar to the symptoms reported by the so-called Radium Girls, the female factory workers who became ill painting timepiece parts with glowing radium paint.
