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ARIUM Radium Tablets (ca. 1925) |
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This tin container holds forty-two tablets of "genuine radium," and at the time of its manufacture only cost one dollar. Most of the tablets have broken open although a few are still intact. The manufacturer, Associated Radium Chemists, Inc. of New York, stated, "Take two tablets with glass of water before or after each meal. To derive the most beneficial effects, ARIUM should be taken regularly as directed." |
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appeared in the February 9, 1923 issue of the Newark Ohio Advocate:
"Radium ends agony of rheumatism. Neuritis, neuralgia and gout. Say doctors - How Arium - radium in simple harmless tablets often bring amazingly quick and lasting relief to even seemingly hopeless cases. $5,000,000 reward if they fail." An advertisement in the same paper the following week (February 16) states: "Is rheumatism dragging you into old age? How radium reduces inflammation, relieves pain and renews the energy and vigor of youth - Arium now recommended by leading physicians as the new harmless way to obtain radium for internal use. $5,000 reward if they fail." Wow! Did the reward drop in value or what? The following is from an advertisement in the December 2, 1926 issue of the Zanesville Signal: "Recent investigation shows that the "pep" energy, endurance and nerve force of the average man past 40 may often be increased by 100 per cent by getting into his system the marvelous restorative radium power of Arium." To quote the Reverend H. McKenna of Texas, after taking Arium tablets "I feel like a kid." (from the December 11, 1925 issue of the Zanesville Signal." Other fine radium-containing products from this company included Linarium (a liniment), Ointarium (an ointment), Dentarium (a dentifrice), and Kaparium (a hair tonic). Size: 3" x 2" x 1" Exposure Rates: ca. 1-2 uR/hr above background at one foot, ca. 30 uR/hr above background on contact. |
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