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"Standard" Radium Compress for the Relief of Pain

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Title

"Standard" Radium Compress for the Relief of Pain

Subject

Radium
Arthritis
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Compression Bandages
Poisons

Description

Handbill published by the Radium Chemical Company, describing Radium's Standard Compress' therapeutic qualities when treating Rheumatoid Arthritis and other bodily aches and pains.
Prices (in USD) per Microgram are also listed.

Creator

Radium Chemical Company

Source

Original Image In: "Standard" Radium Compress for the Relief of Pain, Radium Chemical Company,Pittsburgh, PA, ca 1915, 4., Medical Trade Ephemera Collection, Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

ca 1915

Language

eng

Identifier

RadiumChemicalCompany.Pittsburgh,PA.4.StandardRadiumCompressForTheReliefOfPain

Date Created

2017

Temporal Coverage

Early 20th Century

Spatial Coverage

Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Original Format

Handbill

Physical Dimensions

17 x 8.5 cm

Citation

Radium Chemical Company, “"Standard" Radium Compress for the Relief of Pain,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 23, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/6770.

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