In CosmeticsĪlfred Curie’s product line didn’t end with dental care, though. Alfred Curie, who was not related to Marie or Pierre but didn’t miss an opportunity to capitalize on their name. Toothpaste containing both radium and thorium was sold by a man named Dr. Noting radium’s famed luminescence, the ad also mentions that the radiumscope could double as a “wonderful” nightlight, since it “glows with a weird light in a dark room.” 4. The Radiumscope, a toy sold as late as 1942, offered a glimpse of radium in action. Radium water crocks like the Revigator stored a gallon of water inside a radium-laced bucket drinking the water would cure any number of ailments, from arthritis to impotence to wrinkles. In Chocolateįood products containing radium, like the Radium Schokolade chocolate bar manufactured by Burk & Braun and Hippman-Blach bakery’s Radium Bread, made with radium water, were popular overseas until they were discontinued in 1936. But before the effects of radiation exposure were well understood, radium ended up in a lot of crazy places for its purported magical healing properties and its glow-in-the-dark novelty. Later, in 1911, she would win her second Nobel for isolating radium, discovering another element (polonium), and for her research into the new phenomenon of radioactivity, a word she coined herself.īy 1910, radium was manufactured synthetically in the U.S. In 1903, the Royal Academy of Sciences awarded Marie and Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel the Nobel Prize in Physics, making Marie the first woman to win the prize. Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of Australia.Radium was discovered by Marie Curie and her husband Pierre in 1898. We have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s). They do not signify that we endorse the website(s). These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.įrom time to time, this website may also include links to other websites. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.Īll trademarks reproduced in this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to the operator, are acknowledged on the website. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us.
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