Ebenezer McBurney Byers (April 12, 1880 – March 31, 1932) was an American socialite, sportsman, and industrialist. He won the 1906 U.S. Amateur in golf. He died from jawbone cancer after consuming 1400 bottles of Radithor, a patent medicine made from radium salts dissolved in …

埃比尼澤·麥克伯尼·拜尔斯（英語： Ebenezer McBurney Byers ，1880年4月12日—1932年3月31日），昵稱埃本（ Eben ），美國社交名流、運動員和實業家。1906年美國高爾夫業餘賽冠軍。

2022年7月11日 · Eben Byers began drinking radium-infused water that his doctor prescribed for an arm injury in 1927 — but within three years, his bones were disintegrating. Eben Byers could have lived a privileged, enviable life.

2024年8月28日 · Eben Byers was an amateur golfer, an alumnus of Yale, and a notorious ladies man, but he is most famous for literally rotting from the inside out after spending three years drinking radium-infused water. When Byers fell and hurt his arm in 1927, he was prescribed Radithor, a radium-infused elixir sold by a quack doctor named William Bailey ...

2023年12月5日 · Snake oil in the past has gone far harder – enough to give one man a massively fatal dose of radiation that riddled his body with cancer and literally disintegrated his skull before he died in 1932. The patient in question was Eben Byers, and he was so taken with a "miracle" tonic named Radithor that he dosed himself with it several times a day.

2022年7月21日 · Eben Byers was a wealthy American businessman who became famous in the early 1930s after ingesting large amounts of Radium or Radithor. What is Radium, and what does it do? It is a radioactive element discovered in 1898 by Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre. When ingested, it can cause severe health problems, including cancer. Eben

2024年3月8日 · This is the harrowing yet factual tale of Eben Byers, whose demise triggered a medical paradigm shift. Eben Byers' Early Life Of Privilege. Born Ebenezer McBurney Byers on April 12, 1880, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eben was the offspring of Alexander McBurney Byers.

EBEN M. BYERS, athlete and ladiesÕ man, as he appeared in his prime, several years before his consumption of Radithor led to the destruction of his bones and, in 1932, to his death. The scandal swept radioactive potions from drugstore shelves. WILLIAM BAILEY had compiled a history of shady business dealings before striking gold with Radithor.

Eben MacBurney Byers, wealthy iron manufacturer of Pittsburgh and New York and internationally known sportsman, died of radium poisoning at the Doctors' Hospital at 7:30 A.M. yesterday at the age...

2023年10月30日 · The bizarre trend took the life of Eben Byers, a wealthy businessman and amateur golfer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His scary story is one of the most studied among scientists and has gone ...