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Radium Spä (ca. 1925-1930) |
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The Radium Spa was manufactured by the American Radium
Products Company of Los Angeles.
Quoting a product brochure: "Radium Spä Duplicates Nature's Process! The Radium-Spa is a Water Jar, permanently lined, with especially selected high grade radium ore. This ore imparts to any water placed therein, millions of tiny gaseous particles known as Radio-activity, in exactly the same manner as Nature does herself." "Keep Well With a Radium-Spa in Your Home!" "The Radium-Spa Lasts Forever." "Sold at a Price You Can Afford to Pay." The label reads as follows: " This Radium Spa is unconditionally guaranteed to make any water placed herein radioactive within twelve hours equal in strength to the average of the most effective health springs of the world. Keep the Radium Spa filled by adding water as used. Rinse and dry in the sun every week. Drink at least eight glasses of water daily." Size: ca. 15" high, 10" diameter at widest point Exposure Rate: ca. 50 uR/hr above background at one foot. |
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