Collection

"Radium button", with instructions and holder.

Made:: London

maker:: R and J Beck

"Radium button", with instructions and holder.

Details

Category:: Radiomedicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A664828

Materials:: metal and wood

type:: radium buttons

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Parts

"Radium button" purporting to contain radium bromide

"Radium button" purporting to contain radium bromide

Materials:: paper

Object Number:: A664828 Pt1

type:: radioactive material and instructions

Brass canister with lead lining for storage of radium button

Brass canister with lead lining for storage of radium button

Materials:: lead and brass

Object Number:: A664828 Pt2

type:: radioactive material and canisters