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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 April 19, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/6770.
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