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Radithor
Radithor was a well known patent medicine/snake oil that is possibly the best known example of radioactive quackery. It consisted of triple distilled water containing at a minimum 1 microcurie each of the Radium 226 and 228 isotopes, as well as 1 microcurie of isothiouronium, a cheaper radioactive compound.
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