{"id":47516,"date":"2014-02-22T00:09:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T08:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=47516"},"modified":"2014-02-22T00:09:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T08:09:24","slug":"radiating-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/47516","title":{"rendered":"The Key to Radiating Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tWhile thumbing through my collection of vintage magazines, I nearly fell off my stool when I spied this ad in an August 1929 issue of Hearth and Home<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Radium\"<\/p>\n

The curative powers of radium??!! Isn’t that radioactive? Poisonous? I checked my dictionary to make sure … yep,\u00a0“a highly radioactive metallic element whose decay yields radon\u00a0gas and alpha rays.” But it looks like, in 1929, folks weren’t worried about a bit of radioactivity. Hey, it was apparently\u00a0the cure for whatever ailed you with its “wonderful curative powers.” Ah, self-health radiation treatment. Here’s an excerpt from the text:<\/p>\n

“The wonderful curative power of Radium has been known for years. However, the benefits of this precious, health-giving substance have in the past been only within the means of persons of wealth. Since the invention of Degnen’s Radio-Active\u00a0Solar Pad, any man or woman, poor or rich, can afford this treatment which offers so much relief from suffering and disease.<\/p>\n

Degnen’s Radio-Active\u00a0Solar Pad is worn next to the body day and night. It pours a\u00a0constant stream of radio-active energy into the system while you work, play or sleep, helping to build up weakened nerves and tissues to a strong, healthy condition. It creates a vigorous circulation of blood, thus removing congestion, which is the real cause of most diseases.”<\/p>\n

The ad goes on to say that they’ll send you the “appliance” for free with the understanding that they won’t charge a cent is it “fails to give satisfactory results.” The “appliance” was apparently a belt with “several coats” of “actual radium.” The effects? I can only guess. “Thousands Have Proven the Marvelous Effects Without Risking a Penny {only their health}.”<\/p>\n

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