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Seven Times Safety. The salesman drank three cases, generously let his sister have the fourth case. He would have taken more, but fortunately for him-and others-the Radithor outfit went out of business. Recently, responding to M.I.T.'s invitation, he presented himself for a checkup. Dr. Robley Dunglison Evans, 51, had him breathe into a glass flask, to test for radon gas in his breath, and into a mask hooked up to another flask to test for another gas, thoron, that has a half life of only 54 seconds. An ultra-sensitive scintillation counter scanned his whole body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Radium Hangovers | 11/10/1958 | See Source »

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