The Man Who Drank RADIUM - Eben Byers

Think about a period when people took concretes that contained radioactive components as a treatment for illnesses. Sounds crazy, right? Still, it was a reality for Eben Byers the man who drank radium. As if to promote itself as being good for Byers’ health, it led him down a path of suffering and poor health. First of all, before turning to facts and dreadful stories, let us discuss a brief history of radium and its properties, which at one time were healing, but at the same time deadly.