Topic: What Were They Drinking? Researchers Investigate Radioactive Crock Pots

[sam]

Radioactive toothpaste, suppositories, makeup: Would-be inventors seeking to capitalize on the discovery of radioactivity in the late 19th century produced a plethora of questionable medical devices and treatments. Among the most famous of these was the Revigator, an earthenware vessel that, according to an advertisement, would infuse drinking water with "the lost element of original freshness -- radioactivity."

http://www.physorg.com/news182630708.html

[Clive]

 

[Rik]

Very Victorian...

[Rodders]

I've not tried the suppositories yet.

[Rik]

I can hardly wait, Rod.

[Simon]

 

[Clive]