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170: The Man Who Drank Radioactive Water (Until His Jaw Fell Off)

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My Great Grandfather Didn't Lose His Jaw

The man who made Radothor has been dead for almost 100 years. Autopsy last week revealed that he only had 60 left. Both jaws were rotted. His brain obsessed, distributed through his bones,. Doctor Frederick Bonner-Finn, Flynn of Columbia University, where 36 micrograms of radium is a fatal quantity.

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