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The Book Club: Under A Metal Sky

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The Allure and Danger of Crystals and Radium

This chapter examines the complex relationship between Czech emeralds and radium, highlighting their historical significance and allure as health tonics. It discusses the duality of radium's appeal and danger, as well as contemporary practices of radium treatments in Eastern Europe.

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