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Radigam Radioactive Emanator

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"Radigam" Radioactive Emanator
Medical Claims The copy suggests you can "drink rheumatism & blood poisons away"
Year created c. 1932
Vendors The Radiopathic Institute, Limited

The "Radigam" Radioactive Emanator is a hollow ebonite (bakelite) rod "containing a very small amount of radium"[1] that was sold as a tool for producing activated water, which was advertised as a curative for a variety of ailments. It was sold by the Radiopathic Institute Ltd. of London.

References

  1. Pervan, V; Cohen, L. H.; Jaftha, T., eds (1995). Oncology for Health-Care Professionals. Cape Town, South Africa: Juta & Company Ltd. p. 237. https://books.google.ca/books?id=Vvx5wtSdgzUC&pg=PA237.  (Entry under "Radium")