Radioactive suppositories.
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It took a while for the public to understand the dangers of exposure to radiation and radium but back in 1917; it was used to give people a “healthy glow” and “bombard organs with health-giving electric atoms.”
Mattresses were worn at lifejackets.
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US sailors in WWII were told to strap these on themselves instead of lifejackets but, of course, this had the opposite effect, and so this idea was quickly tossed out.
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